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Browse All TopicsSession session = getSession(true);
for (Object inst : instances)
if (inst != null)
session.saveOrUpdate(inst)
session.flush();
From the above code should i explicitly close the session? session.close() or flush takes care of it?
Also, tell me if this session different from jdbc connection?
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by: steezaPosted on 2009-03-04 at 01:51:52ID: 23793154
1. Yes you need to call Close() it if you are managing sessions yourself, if you don't you will end up with leaked database connections. (You can however bind the session to JTA transactions and avoid having to do the flush/close logic explicitly) 2.html [The section labelled: Transaction demarcation with JTA]
ib_docs/v3 /reference /en-US/htm l/ transact ions.html# transactio ns-basics and 2.html
Have a look at the example at http://www.hibernate.org/4
2. Yes the Hibernate session is different from the JDBC connection and it's session. The hibernate Session does however have an underlying JDBC connection it uses to communicate with the database.
To understand sessions (and transactions) better have a look at :
http://www.hibernate.org/h
http://www.hibernate.org/4