hibernate/hibernate-orm · error · ParsingException

Unexpected statement type [not INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or SEL

Error message

Unexpected statement type [not INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or SELECT] : " + ctx.getText()

What it means

Error "Unexpected statement type [not INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or SELECT] : " + ctx.getText()" thrown in hibernate/hibernate-orm.

Source

Thrown at hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/query/hql/internal/SemanticQueryBuilder.java:497

				final var selectStatement = visitSelectStatement( selectStatementContext );
				selectStatement.getQueryPart().validateQueryStructureAndFetchOwners();
				return selectStatement;
			}
			else if ( parseTree instanceof HqlParser.InsertStatementContext insertStatementContext ) {
				return visitInsertStatement( insertStatementContext );
			}
			else if ( parseTree instanceof HqlParser.UpdateStatementContext updateStatementContext ) {
				return visitUpdateStatement( updateStatementContext );
			}
			else if ( parseTree instanceof HqlParser.DeleteStatementContext deleteStatementContext ) {
				return visitDeleteStatement( deleteStatementContext );
			}
		}
		finally {
			parameterDeclarationContextStack.pop();
		}

		throw new ParsingException( "Unexpected statement type [not INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE or SELECT] : " + ctx.getText() );
	}


	// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
	// Top-level statements

	@Override
	public SqmSelectStatement<R> visitSelectStatement(HqlParser.SelectStatementContext ctx) {
		final var queryExpressionContext = ctx.queryExpression();
		final SqmSelectStatement<R> selectStatement = new SqmSelectStatement<>( nodeBuilder() );

		parameterCollector = selectStatement;

		processingStateStack.push(
				new SqmQueryPartCreationProcessingStateStandardImpl(
						processingStateStack.getCurrent(),
						selectStatement,
						this

View on GitHub (pinned to fad1729dce)

Solutions

1. Ensure the HQL starts with select, insert, update, or delete.
2. Fix the query syntax; it could not be classified as a known statement type.

When it happens

Trigger: A runtime precondition of the Hibernate API is violated.

Common situations: Occurs when application code or configuration does not satisfy the documented contract of the API being called.

AI-assisted analysis of hibernate/hibernate-orm@fad1729dce (2026-08-22). Data as JSON: /api/errors/c55965f0cca4d785. Report an issue: GitHub.