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

you can get the count of the query result by using:

criteria.setProjection(Projections.rowCount());
count=(Long) criteria.uniqueResult();

hope this helps