Hibernate version: 2.1

I'm a newbie to Hibernate, and can't find help on why my User object doesn't reflect changes made in the database between calls. For example:

1) session.load User object. Let's say the name is "Ving"
2) Display User object on jsp. Displays "Ving".
3) Change the user's name in the database manually to "Bing".
4) session.load User object.
5) Display User object on jsp. Still displays "Ving", rather than "Bing".

My load code basically looks like:

Session session = HibernateFactory.currentSession();
User user = (User) session.load(User.class, new Integer(id));
HibernateFactory.closeSession();

I have tried a number of variations on session.refresh(), session.flush(), etc., but nothing seems to work.

Any ideas on what the problem is?

you are using a completely new session ?
how about the connection ? have you started a new transaction so you will see new changes ?

Have you by accident enabled second level cache on the class ?

in other words - if you use a fresh new session and connection and doesn't have any 2nd level cache I promise you that hibernate will be reading the latest values from the database...

Your suggestion to use transactions was the key. I assumed that if all I was doing was retrieving data (i.e. SELECT but not INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE), then I would not need transactions... Guess I was wrong.

Thanks for the help.

transactions also influence READ only stuff (standard database behavior)

if using transactions solved your problem, i would also say you should check your session and connection usage....it looks like you are only using the same connection or session for all your persistence - maybe that is not really what you want ?