Session session = null;        
        Transaction tx = null;
        try {
            session = sessionFactory.openSession();
            tx = session.beginTransaction();
            Query update = session.createSQLQuery("update User set username='XYZ' where userid=123");
            update.executeUpdate();
            tx.commit();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            tx.rollback();
        } finally {
            session.close();
        }

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