JPA/Hibernate maximum number of joins?

Question

Is there a limit to the number of joins permitted in a JPA/Hibernate query?

Since Hibernate doesn\'t automatically join, I have to explicitly specify the joins in my

Answer 1

There is nothing within the Hibernate code which limits the number of joins. This could be a bug in the dialect, or a limitation of the database engine. But my money's on a bug unrelated to the number of joins! Have you tried running the SQL directly in an interactive query session?