query must begin with select or from: update

Question

I'm using this code for update occupation but I'm getting an error like query must begin with select or from : update so please help me:

public static void changeOccup(String email,String occup){
 try{  Session sess=UtilClass.createSession();
  Transaction tx=sess.beginTransaction();Query que=sess.createQuery("update Userrecord set occupation=occup where emailId=email");
  que.setParameter("occup", occup);
  que.setParameter("email", email);
  int result=que.executeUpdate();
  JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,"occup changed"+result);
    tx.commit();
 }

Answer 1

Problem solved.. i have used method update of session

public static void changeOccup(String email,String occup){Session sess=null;try{sess=UtilClass.createSession();Transaction tr=sess.beginTransaction();Userrecord u=(Userrecord) sess.get(Userrecord.class, email); u.setOccupation(occup); sess.update(u);tr.commit();}catch(Exception e){} }

Answer 2

Use SQLQuery and createSQLQuery instead of Query and createQuery. If you're using Query and createQuery you have to use Hibernate's syntax. If you want regular SQL syntax, use SQLQuery.