hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · IllegalStateException

Attempting to get a execute-update a selection query

Error message

Attempting to get a execute-update a selection query

What it means

Error "Attempting to get a execute-update a selection query" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/internal/SelectionQueryImpl.java:1092

		if ( keyedPage.getKeyInterpretation() == KEY_OF_FIRST_ON_NEXT_PAGE ) {
			// the results come in reverse order
			final int pageSize = keyedPage.getPage().getSize();
			return results.size() == pageSize + 1
					? keyedPage.previousPage( results.get(pageSize - 1).getKey() )
					: null;
		}
		else {
			return !results.isEmpty()
					? keyedPage.previousPage( results.get(0).getKey() )
					: null;
		}
	}

	@Override @Deprecated
	@SuppressWarnings({"deprecation", "removal"})
	public int executeUpdate() {
		final var message = "Attempting to get a execute-update a selection query";
		throw new IllegalStateException( message, new IllegalMutationQueryException( message, hql ) );
	}


	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	// CacheabilityInfluencers

	@Override
	public Object getQueryStringCacheKey() {
		return queryStringCacheKey;
	}

	@Override
	public @Nullable int[] unnamedParameterIndices() {
		return QueryHelper.unnamedParameterIndices( domainParameterXref );
	}

	@Override
	@Nonnull

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. executeUpdate() was called on a selection query. Use a mutation query (HQL update/delete/insert) for executeUpdate().

When it happens

Trigger: A runtime precondition of the Hibernate query API is violated: Attempting to get a execute-update a selection query

Common situations: Application code or configuration calls the query API in a way that violates its documented contract; the interpolated values in the message identify the offending input.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/6d31192bf5751b75. Report an issue: GitHub.