Hibernate version: 3.1.2

Name and version of the database you are using: Oracle 9i

Class A has a one to many association with class B. Class B has a byte array property byte[] data
( hibernate-type : HibernateByteBlobType, sql-type: blob).
When class A accesses the elements of the collection(containing class B), i dont want the byte array to be initialized. Setting lazy="true" for "data" property isnt working. Is this a known issue?