Issue with namedQuery string parameters

[jewettdiane]

I have the following named query:
SELECT o FROM Organization o WHERE o.ooid = :ooid AND o.sor = :sor


This will not return anything:

Map<String, Object> namedParams = new HashMap<String, Object>();
namedParams.put("ooid", ooid.trim());
namedParams.put("sor", sor.trim());

getJpaTemplate().findByNamedQueryAndNamedParams("" ,
params);

But this will:

getJpaTemplate().find("SELECT new Organization(o.orgId, o.orgName) FROM Organization o where o.ooid='"+ooid+"' and o.sor='"+sor+"'");

What exactly decides that it is a String parameter and put the quotes around the parameter?

[jewettdiane]

Do you think this would have anything to do with the datasource configuration in websphere or with the Spring configuration of my entityManagerFactory or DAOs?

Any idea where I should look first?