how to use string left function in hql

Question

I have a sql query like this

select column from table where path = left(\'INPUTSTRING\', length(path));

and trying to accomplish it in hql

Answer 1

Yes, left() is not supported by the MySQLDialect. See the list of HQL supported functions on API docs.

Now you have left with 2 options.

1. Use session.createSQLQuery() method.
2. Create Your own Dialect class by extending the MySQLDialect and register the function there. This is told at hibernate forum here explained well in a blog post here.