At least it's on the drawing board, that's all that matters. I figured that the idea was ok but the method wouldn't be. Any guess as to when it might appear? How are you planning on implementing this feature? Justin
> This is definitely a hack (not a pattern), but if it works for you, use > it. Support for auto number keys is on the todo list. > > -dain > > Justin Casp wrote: > > hey List > > I posted this problem/workaround to the jboss-user list but never got a > > response. Maybe it got lost in the shuffle or maybe it's just a stupid > > idea. Please tell me what you think either way. > > > > My problem is dealing with PK fields that are set to auto-increment in > > the database (e.g., sequence on Postgres or indentity on MS Sql). My > > current workaround is to use a simple BMP entity that only has an > > ejbCreate() method so I can specify my own SQL statement with the PK > > column left out. > > > > a solution might be: > >>however, I think that the ability to specify a primary key field as > >>'datasource-provided' in the jbosscmp-jdbc dd would be a useful feature > >> in JBoss. Is this logically sound or am I missing something here? > >> JBoss would only have to check for the presence of this tag and, if > >> present, not include this column in the generated SQL insert statement. > > > > thanks for your input. > > Justin > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Sponsored by: > > ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Jboss-development mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber Inc. Don't miss the IM event of the season | Special offer for OSDN members! JabConf 2002, Aug. 20-22, Keystone, CO http://www.jabberconf.com/osdn _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development