@Entity(name != table_name !!!

Normally if you get "org.hibernate.hql.ast.QuerySyntaxException: is not mapped" then you used the table name in stead of the class name. In my case I'm ashamed to admit, 

I though setting @Entity(name is setting the table name,

where in fact it is setting the JPQL alias! 

I thought it was weird that you can set that and the @Table(name . 

@Entity(name != table_name !!!
@Entity(name != table_name !!!
@Entity(name != table_name !!!
@Entity(name != table_name !!!
@Entity(name != table_name !!!

@Entity(name != table_name !!!

@Entity(name != table_name !!!

@Entity(name != table_name !!!

@Entity(name != table_name !!!

@Entity(name != table_name !!!

Thanks Matt Raible for showing me the light:

If you specify a name value for your @Entity annotation (for example

@Entity(name="person")), this will be the alias for HQL queries. If you

don't specify this value, the name will match the short name of your class (

Person). If you want to change the table name that's generated, use the

@Table

(http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/persistence/Table.html) annotation

with a "name" value.

http://www.mail-archive.com/users@appfuse.dev.java.net/msg18164.html