This is not a bug, but a documented behavior of TopLink Essentials. Search
GlassFish forum for caching or google for Wonseok blog and you'll find the answers.
thanks,
-marina
Sergio Samayoa wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm experimenting with toplink with desktop applications and I think I found
> a bug.
>
> Top link doesn't sees the changes make by other applications.
>
> This is the scenario:
>
> 1. TopLink application ("TLA" from here) starts and fetch some entities.
> 2. Another application ("OA" from here) access the same database and updates
> one record then commits.
> 3. TLA's clears its persistence context (EntityManager.clear()) then fetches
> again the records. The updated record stills as if weren't updated.
>
> I'm pretty sure that the record is updated in the database but top link is
> using existing entity instance without updating with the new data.
>
> My environment:
>
> Top Link 2.0-58g
> JDK 1.6.0_03
> Windows XP SP2
>
> At this moment this bug is a stopper for multi-user desktop applications.
>
> Where can I report it?
>
> Regards.
>
>