diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 554bb0c170..9e3cb81ef2 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+        	<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
+        	<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
+        	<version>2.2</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..266a04b679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause1NonTransientConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.persistence" })
+public class Cause1NonTransientConfig {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    public Cause1NonTransientConfig() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
+        final LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
+        sessionFactory.setDataSource(restDataSource());
+        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "org.baeldung.persistence.model" });
+        sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
+
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public DataSource restDataSource() {
+        final BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.driverClassName")));
+        dataSource.setUrl(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.url")));
+        dataSource.setUsername(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.user")));
+        dataSource.setPassword(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.pass")));
+
+        return dataSource;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+        final HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
+        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+
+        return txManager;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor exceptionTranslation() {
+        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
+    }
+
+    final Properties hibernateProperties() {
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19e2ceebca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/main/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientexception/cause/Cause4NonTransientConfig.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.apache.tomcat.dbcp.dbcp.BasicDataSource;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.PropertySource;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.HibernateTransactionManager;
+import org.springframework.orm.hibernate4.LocalSessionFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+
+@Configuration
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@PropertySource({ "classpath:persistence-mysql.properties" })
+@ComponentScan({ "org.baeldung.persistence" })
+public class Cause4NonTransientConfig {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private Environment env;
+
+    public Cause4NonTransientConfig() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory() {
+        final LocalSessionFactoryBean sessionFactory = new LocalSessionFactoryBean();
+        sessionFactory.setDataSource(restDataSource());
+        sessionFactory.setPackagesToScan(new String[] { "org.baeldung.persistence.model" });
+        sessionFactory.setHibernateProperties(hibernateProperties());
+
+        return sessionFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public DataSource restDataSource() {
+        final BasicDataSource dataSource = new BasicDataSource();
+        dataSource.setDriverClassName(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.driverClassName")));
+        dataSource.setUrl(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.url")));
+        dataSource.setUsername(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.user")));
+        dataSource.setPassword(Preconditions.checkNotNull(env.getProperty("jdbc.pass")));
+
+        return dataSource;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public HibernateTransactionManager transactionManager() {
+        final HibernateTransactionManager txManager = new HibernateTransactionManager();
+        txManager.setSessionFactory(sessionFactory().getObject());
+
+        return txManager;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor exceptionTranslation() {
+        return new PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor();
+    }
+
+    final Properties hibernateProperties() {
+        final Properties hibernateProperties = new Properties();
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto", env.getProperty("hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto"));
+        hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.dialect", env.getProperty("hibernate.dialect"));
+        // hibernateProperties.setProperty("hibernate.globally_quoted_identifiers", "true");
+        return hibernateProperties;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/CleanupFailureExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/CleanupFailureExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f0a8fe09d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/CleanupFailureExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
+import org.hibernate.SessionFactory;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.CleanupFailureDataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.NonTransientDataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class CleanupFailureExceptionTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private SessionFactory sessionFactory;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private IFooService fooService;
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenCleanupAfterSaving_thenCleanupException() {
+        try {
+            final Foo fooEntity = new Foo("foo");
+            fooService.create(fooEntity);
+        } finally {
+            try {
+                sessionFactory.close();
+            } catch (final NonTransientDataAccessException exc) {
+                throw new CleanupFailureDataAccessException("Closing connection failed", exc.getCause());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataIntegrityExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataIntegrityExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa504223f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataIntegrityExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class DataIntegrityExceptionTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private IFooService fooService;
+
+    @Test(expected = DataIntegrityViolationException.class)
+    public void whenSavingNullValue_thenDataIntegrityException() {
+        final Foo fooEntity = new Foo();
+        fooService.create(fooEntity);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataRetrievalExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataRetrievalExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5e24e3546
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataRetrievalExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataRetrievalFailureException;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class DataRetrievalExceptionTest {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private DataSource restDataSource;
+
+    @Test(expected = DataRetrievalFailureException.class)
+    public void whenRetrievingNonExistentValue_thenDataRetrievalException() {
+        final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(restDataSource);
+
+        jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select * from foo where id=3", Integer.class);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataSourceLookupExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataSourceLookupExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..036f99ac8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/DataSourceLookupExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause4NonTransientConfig;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.DataSourceLookupFailureException;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.lookup.JndiDataSourceLookup;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause4NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class DataSourceLookupExceptionTest {
+
+    @Test(expected = DataSourceLookupFailureException.class)
+    public void whenLookupNonExistentDataSource_thenDataSourceLookupFailureException() {
+        final JndiDataSourceLookup dsLookup = new JndiDataSourceLookup();
+        dsLookup.setResourceRef(true);
+        final DataSource dataSource = dsLookup.getDataSource("java:comp/env/jdbc/example_db");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9afe2533de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.BadSqlGrammarException;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class InvalidResourceUsageExceptionTest {
+    @Autowired
+    private IFooService fooService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private DataSource restDataSource;
+
+    @Test(expected = InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException.class)
+    public void whenRetrievingDataUserNoSelectRights_thenInvalidResourceUsageException() {
+        fooService.findAll();
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = BadSqlGrammarException.class)
+    public void whenIncorrectSql_thenBadSqlGrammarException() {
+        final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(restDataSource);
+
+        jdbcTemplate.queryForObject("select * fro foo where id=3", Integer.class);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7f91b52e00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-exceptions/src/test/java/org/baeldung/ex/nontransientdataaccessexception/PermissionDeniedException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package org.baeldung.ex.nontransientdataaccessexception;
+
+import org.baeldung.ex.nontransientexception.cause.Cause1NonTransientConfig;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.model.Foo;
+import org.baeldung.persistence.service.IFooService;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.dao.PermissionDeniedDataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.support.AnnotationConfigContextLoader;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = { Cause1NonTransientConfig.class }, loader = AnnotationConfigContextLoader.class)
+public class PermissionDeniedException {
+
+    @Autowired
+    private IFooService fooService;
+
+    @Test(expected = PermissionDeniedDataAccessException.class)
+    public void whenRetrievingDataUserNoSelectRights_thenPermissionDeniedException() {
+        final Foo foo = new Foo("foo");
+        fooService.create(foo);
+    }
+
+}