Stephen, can you provide a link to the NB article you mention below? It
could be an old tutorial that needs updating.
Thanks,
Rochelle
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>>>>>
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> From: Gordon Yorke <gordon.yorke_at_oracle.com>
>>>>> Subject: RE: Implementation Strategy
>>>>> To: Stephen Carpenter <stephen-hic_at_hotmail.co.uk>
>>>>> CC: persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net
>>>>> <persistence_at_glassfish.dev.java.net>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Stephen,
>>>>> Yes you would still need the @GeneratedValue annotation and
>>>>> would use the IDENTITY strategy
>>>>> (@GeneratedValue(strategy=IDENTITY)). There would be no needto
>>>>> remove the contactID references from you application. I am not
>>>>> aware of the article that you are referring to but Sun App Server
>>>>> with TopLink as the Persistence Provider does support PK generation
>>>>> in this form. JSF can leverage JPA as well. Examples can be found
>>>>> at
>>>>> http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/ias/toplink/jpa/examples-index.html
>>>>>
>>>>> --Gordon
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Stephen Carpenter [mailto:stephen-hic_at_hotmail.co.uk]
>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 7:21 AM
>>>>> To: gordon.yorke_at_oracle.com
>>>>> Subject: Implementation Strategy
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Gordon,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for replying to my earlier mail.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking for identity field PK generation. My db table has the
>>>>> following
>>>>> construction for the contact_id field, (Derby db),
>>>>>
>>>>> contact_id INT NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY
>>>>> ( START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
>>>>>
>>>>> Would I still use the GeneratedValue annotation and what
>>>>> implications are
>>>>> there for the JSF pages? Would I need to remove the contactid
>>>>> references in
>>>>> NEW.jsp for instance.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am developing in NetBeans5.5 with the Sun App Server.
>>>>> I am also confused about the use of App Server with db generated
>>>>> primary
>>>>> keys as I have just read a Netbeans article which implies that Sun App
>>>>> Server does not support db generated primary keys in this way ???
>>>>> It steers
>>>>> you towards EJB modules, sesssion and facade beans etc.
>>>>> Am I going to achieve inserts to db generated primary keys via JSF?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again for your time,
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Stephen.
>>>>>
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