I have a problem. I dont know if it is normal but when I get an object from the database, for example, from the table Person, I change some properties of this object (name, height...) and the next I do is try to do a select from this table with some Criteria, Hibernate firsts does an "update" to the object I got from the database and after it does the select.

1. Why is it doing the update automatically if Iam not calling the update method?
2. How can I cancel the call to the update method?

Thanks

There is a chapter in the Hibernate documentation that describes why this is happening and what you can do to have more control. Read http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/ ... e-flushing

You need to change the Flush Mode from the default AUTO.