Hibernate version:
hibernate-3.2.5


We are developing a big applications (about 1000 tables in the db) with Hibernate and we are using Hibernate 3.1.0

I've just download and install Hibernate 3.2.5 GA and I've seen that the class of the result of a query like "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM ..." is changed.

Version 3.1.0 was Integer
Version 3.2.5 is Long

Is there a way to keep the old behaviuor? By some configuration properties or something like this ... (I suppose that if this exists it should be the default)

If not ... the words backward compatibility means nothing for you?
I know that the change in the code is simple for making it work, for each single COUNT(*), but ... we have hundreds of COUNT(*) ... hidden in millions of lines of java code, developed by 20 or more person.

Regards
Alessandro

This change aligned Hibernate with the Java Persistence specification. It has also been mentioned in release notes and the migration guide. You have several options:

- don't upgrade
- change your code
- change the Hibernate code (it is open source)

The option you do not have is flaming people here.

I don't want to flam no-one, but I think that when you make a change (even if for align to some specification) you should support old behaviour, if this do not cost so much.
I think that it was very simple to keep it with some configuration property ... I know I can change Hibernate code, but I need 1 week at least to find out where and how, while for the developer who changed it, it was a matter of 2/3 minutes to add this support. This is just a suggestion for the next time, not take as a flame to anyone of the group.

By the way, thank you very much for you answer, now I know what to do.

Regards
Alessandro