Hibernate HQL: Get count of results without actually returning them

Question

I want to get the count of the results of a dynamically-generated HQL query, without actually getting the list of results. Say that the query I have is something like:

Answer 1

This should do the trick:

select count(*) FROM Company c JOIN ...

There is no sub-select involved, just instead of returning Company, you return the count.

Edit: The FETCH is out of place now. You're not returning the entities from the query, but only the count, thus, Hibernate complains. Removing it should help:

select count(product) from org.myCompany.applicant.entity.Applicant applicant 
    LEFT OUTER JOIN applicant.products product