Add hibernate.query.imports=com.comcast.cable.dmc.itd.cct.persistence
to hibernate.properties P.S. Something earlier gave me the impression you were really only trying to get back a list of names, rather than objects sorted by name; you might want to try: Query q = ses.createQuery( "select m.name from m in class MSO where m.id in (:id_list) order by upper(m.name)" ); q.setParameterList("id_list", msoIds); List nameList = q.list(); --------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW to mBox, receive faxes to any email address! Find out more http://www.mbox.com.au/fax ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel