Hibernate order by with nulls last

Question

Hibernate used with PostgreSQL DB while ordering desc by a column puts null values higher than not null ones.

SQL99 standard offers keyword \"NULLS LAST\" to declare

Answer 1

We can create Pageable object with following Sort parameter:

JpaSort.unsafe(Sort.Direction.ASC, "ISNULL(column_name), (column_name)")

We can prepare HQL as well:

String hql = "FROM EntityName e ORDER BY e.columnName NULLS LAST";