The getting started day 1 example in the "eg" directory of the hibernate
distribution is not compatible with MySQL because a field uses an
apparantly reserved word "condition".  The "fix" is to change the
example source code and mapping files to rename the field and associated
g/setters.

See forum topics
http://forum.hibernate.org/viewtopic.php?t=949370
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?101,40643,40643