Using operator '!=' throws BadJpqlGrammarException in spring data jpa 3.1.1

[gpolet]

It seems that the != operator is not supported in spring-data-jpa 3.1.1 (See issue #2970). I (mis?)understood it would be fixed in 3.1.1.

The following query below fails with BadJpqlGrammarException

public interface EmployeeRepository extends JpaRepository<Employee, Long> {

    @Query("select e from Employee e where e.firstName != :name")
    List<Employee> failingQuery(@Param("name") String name);

}

[gregturn]

That patch was for HQL:

https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-jpa/blob/3.1.x/spring-data-jpa/src/main/antlr4/org/springframework/data/jpa/repository/query/Hql.g4#L592

If you're using EclipseLink or some other JPA provider (or you haven't picked up that version of Spring Data JPA 3.1), then you won't see it.

What JPA provider did you use in the past, and did this query used to work before Spring Data JPA 3.1?

[gpolet]

Hi @gregturn . Indeed, we're using EclipseLink.
I confirm that this kind of query worked without issues before Spring Data JPA 3.1.

[gregturn]

I'll mark this is a regression and will move to patch the JPQL parser to handle this.