Hibernate HQL like query using named parameters
Using the LIKE condition with a “%” sign for pattern matching in a HQL query with named parameters required some tweaking. This did not work: String query = "from user u where u.name like %:name%" getHibernateTemplate().findByNamedParam(query, "name", str); It resulted in a org.hibernate.QueryException: unexpected char: ‘%’ error. Next I tried using single quotes: String query [...]