Re: hibernate OneToMany composite key

From:
Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:23:48 -0500
Message-ID:
<ilgdn8$qde$1@news.albasani.net>
Why is your post not in the same thread as the rest of the conversation? You
need to fix whatever you did to cause that.

comp.lang.java.programmer wrote:

Like I said I'm fairly new to hibernate [sic].
The table B has a Hibernate key on composite (x, y, z)
There is another column timestamp I could use to make up the B primary key.


"Could use"?

What *is* the primary key of the table?

Forget "could use", use what you *should* use!

So what *should* the PK be?

Again, ignoring Hibernate for a moment and just focusing on the data model.

Maybe that's the problem?

Do I need two embeddable keys MyKeyA and MyKeyB ?


I don't know. What's a "MyKeyA" and a "MyKeyB"?

When I tried to create a MyKeyB hibernate [sic] complained
1. timestamp must be insertable: false, updateable: false
2. Unable to find logical column: timestamp in table A


You provide these isolated, tiny, irrelevant snippets of information and leave
out all the important stuff. How's a person supposed to help you?

What is the table model for the two tables?

Let's forget about Hibernate for a moment and get the data model right. You
are so far from being ready to figure out the Hibernate part.

Then let's look at your object model - independently of the data model, mind you.

Only when we've completely covered those two things should we discuss how to
map one to the other.

So - what is the data model for these two tables?

--
Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.

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