{"record":{"id":"c638aa3a8b506101","repo":"hibernate/hibernate-orm","slug":"query-has-having-but-no-group-by","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"Query has 'having' but no 'group by'","messagePattern":"Query has 'having' but no 'group by'","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SemanticException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java","lineNumber":1191,"sourceCode":"\t\t\tsqmQueryPart.setFetchExpression( (SqmExpression<? extends Number>) visitLimitClause(limitClauseContext) );\n\t\t}\n\t\telse {\n\t\t\tthrow new SemanticException(\"The 'limit' and 'fetch' clauses may not be used together\", query );\n\t\t}\n\t}\n\n\t@Override\n\tpublic SqmQuerySpec<?> visitQuery(HqlParser.QueryContext ctx) {\n\t\tfinal var sqmQuerySpec = currentQuerySpec();\n\n\t\tfinal var fromClauseContext = ctx.fromClause();\n\t\tfinal var whereClauseContext = ctx.whereClause();\n\t\tfinal var groupByClauseContext = ctx.groupByClause();\n\t\tfinal var havingClauseContext = ctx.havingClause();\n\t\tfinal var selectClauseContext = ctx.selectClause();\n\n\t\tif ( havingClauseContext != null && groupByClauseContext == null ) {\n\t\t\tthrow new SemanticException( \"Query has 'having' but no 'group by'\", query );\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t// visit from clause first!!!\n\t\tfinal var fromClause =\n\t\t\t\tfromClauseContext == null\n\t\t\t\t\t\t? buildInferredFromClause( selectClauseContext )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t: visitFromClause( fromClauseContext );\n\t\tsqmQuerySpec.setFromClause( fromClause );\n\n\t\tfinal var selectClause =\n\t\t\t\tselectClauseContext == null\n\t\t\t\t\t\t? buildInferredSelectClause( fromClause )\n\t\t\t\t\t\t: visitSelectClause( selectClauseContext );\n\t\tsqmQuerySpec.setSelectClause( selectClause );\n\n\t\tfinal var whereClause = new SqmWhereClause( nodeBuilder() );\n\t\tif ( whereClauseContext != null ) {\n\t\t\twhereClause.setPredicate( (SqmPredicate) whereClauseContext.accept( this ) );","sourceCodeStart":1173,"sourceCodeEnd":1209,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-orm/blob/fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java#L1173-L1209","documentation":"Error \"Query has 'having' but no 'group by'\" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.","triggerScenarios":"The HQL/JPQL query violates a structural language rule.","commonSituations":"Writing queries with missing select/from, mismatched group by positions, or invalid ordering constructs.","solutions":["Add a 'group by' clause that matches the having conditions.","Move non-aggregate conditions to the where clause."],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"fad1729dce015f908198d57a8d80274a30f905a5","analyzedAt":"2026-08-22T04:13:57.527Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-22T09:17:25.309Z"}