hi
i need to know the difference between hibernate.cfg.xml file and hibernate.properties file in terms of datasource .
i had all my datasource information in hibernate.cfg.xml files with the help of property tag . but i got some exception (if i remember corrtly initialization exception ) like this . then i included the datasource info in my hibernate.properties file .currently datasource details are replicated in two files in my application . i need to now what things need to go under these files

whats the difference between the two ?
is that related to managed and non managed environment ?

thanks
Balaji

There is no functional difference, except that you can define mapping resource locations and cache region settings in an XML format. AFAIR this is also exactly the statement in the reference documentation.