Toplink retrieve it in the cache but when transform merge operation in sql query, it commits an UPDATE on deleted row.
So the data was lost.
Also another issue, You can try to make an entity merge it to db.
Delete externally of container the row.
Call entity manager refresh.
toplink can't synchronizes the deletion with cache.
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