4.3. Class mapping options
If you check the <hibernate-mapping> and <class> elements in the DTD (or the reference documentation), you'll find a few options we haven't discussed so far:
Dynamic generation of CRUD SQL statements
Entity mutability control
Naming of entities for querying
Mapping package names
Quoting keywords and reserved database identifiers
Implementing database naming conventions
4.3.1. Dynamic SQL generation
By default, Hibernate creates SQL statements for each persistent class on startup. These statements are simple create, read, update, and delete operations for reading a single row, deleting a row, and so on.
How can Hibernate create an UPDATE statement on startup? After all, the columns to be updated aren't known at this time. ...
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