Getting Transaction not successfully started exception using Spring Hibernate

Question

I have a UserProfile entity which I need to save. after saving the entity in the database, I get the following exception:

Could not commit Hibernate transaction;         


        

Answer 1

I think you've fall a victim of dual transaction managements. If you are using Spring Transaction Management and Hibernate Transaction Management together in the same project, you are more likely to have this issue.

Your code then should either be:

Option 1. Hibernate transaction management

public class HibernateUserProfileDAO implements UserProfileDAO {
    private org.hibernate.SessionFactory sessionFactory;
    public UserProfile getUserProfile(int userId) {
        org.hibernate.classic.Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
        session.beginTransaction();
        UserProfile userProfile = new UserProfile();
        userProfile.setUserName("sury1");
        session.save(userProfile);
        session.getTransaction().commit();
        session.close();
        return userProfile;
    }
}

or Option 2. Spring transaction Management

@Transactional
public class HibernateUserProfileDAO implements UserProfileDAO {
    private org.hibernate.SessionFactory sessionFactory;
    public UserProfile getUserProfile(int userId) {
        org.hibernate.classic.Session session = sessionFactory.getCurrentSession();
        UserProfile userProfile = new UserProfile();
        userProfile.setUserName("sury1");
        session.save(userProfile);
        session.close();
        return userProfile;
    }
}

Answer 2

Could also be a conflict between org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate and org.hibernate.Session.

If you are working on an old project you could find HibernateTemplate being used.

If you create a new DAO with a newer way of doing things, like hibernate's Session, and use both DAOs on the same function, you will find this error.

Solution: Use one or the other. In my case I had to use HibernateTemplate in order not to change all ther rest of an old program.