I am trying hard to do something that looks quite simple. I have an object in the database (which has own collections and so on...). I need to load it (and I do it by id) and than I need to insert its cloning in the database (as completely new object).
I clone the object (by overwriting the Clone() function) and I zeros its id (and ids to its collections objects) - so hibernate "understands" it is a new object. But here come my troubles - hibernate really inserts the new object (the cloning) but makes also and some updates to the original object (its collections in fact - cascade update I think). For inserting of the new object I use the hibernate session function Save() (tried as well SaveOrUpdate(), SaveOrUpdateCopy()).
I can't see how to tell hibernate - insert the clone and don't tuch the orginal object.
Any help will be highly appreciated.

When you clone the object, make sure you create a new collection for the new object. That is, do this:

and not this:

If each of the child also needs to be cloned, make sure you do that too:

Thank you!
I really had some problems with cloning...