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Registering a SQL function with JPA and Hibernate

You might read articles telling you to register the SQL function by extending the Hibernate Dialect, but that’s a naive solution. Since Hibernate ORM 5.2.18 and 5.3.1, the best way to register a SQL function is to supply a MetadataBuilderContributor like this: public class SqlFunctionsMetadataBuilderContributor implements MetadataBuilderContributor { @Override public void contribute(MetadataBuilder metadataBuilder) { metadataBuilder.applySqlFunction( … Read more

Can different GCC dialects be linked together?

A priori, no. The safest solution is to assume that all of the compiler options are identical, except when the compiler specifically documents that the option doesn’t affect binary compatibility. (Documentation which is sorely lacking in most compilers.) In practice, in the lack of documentation, it seems a safe bet that options which control warnings … Read more

Why do I need to configure the SQL dialect of a data source?

Dialect means “the variant of a language”. Hibernate, as we know, is database agnostic. It can work with different databases. However, databases have proprietary extensions/native SQL variations, and set/sub-set of SQL standard implementations. Therefore at some point hibernate has to use database specific SQL. Hibernate uses “dialect” configuration to know which database you are using … Read more