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[b]Hibernate version:2[/b]

[b]Name and version of the database you are using:Oracle9i[/b]

[b]The generated SQL (show_sql=true):[/b]

In Hibernate in every .hbm.xml file generated by XDoclet I see a Hibernate comment as follows

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<!--
To add non XDoclet property mappings, create a file named
hibernate-properties-Request.xml
containing the additional properties and place it in your merge dir.
-->
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I want to use this file to create some mapping columns (virtual columns) to specify aliases for aggregrate functions in queries where I use aggregrate functions like count, avg, sum etc which are not exactly mapping to the underlying column of the table.

How do I create this file . It would be great if someone can post a sample & also what is this merge directory . where should I place this file so its picked up accordingly


Do post your thoughts on the same


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