Mike,
Which is the valid reason to not add the constraint to the DB and clean data
?

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote:

> ehm!!
> Inconsistent data in the DB does not mean that NH have to do a miracle.
> We said, more than once, that you have to validate your schema with what
> you have mapped.
> If in NH expect a not nullable column you have to have a not-nullable
> column.
>
> Instead report a bug in NH you should set that column as not-nullable and
> all applications putting their hands in a single db (instead use a service,
> at least, to validate data) should respect the same rules.
>
> Let me make you another example:
> You have a property of type Int32 mapped to a nullable column (that is fine
> especially when you work with TablePerClassHierarchy).
> When you store a entity with NHibernate that column will have always a
> value because in Int32 can't be null.
> Another application may use another concept as, for instance, when zero
> store null.
> Now let NH upload that entity; NH will upload a null but the value in your
> object is zero.
> When you flush the session NH will run an update even when you don't touch
> your entity.
>
> Now try to say me that this, and your reported issue, is a bug in NH and
> not a completely confusion in your system.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:43 PM, Mike Pontillo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Sorry,
>>
>>   Looks like I used the wrong mailing list for this. Re-forwarding;
>> apologies.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Mike Pontillo <[email protected]>
>> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:37 PM
>> Subject: Fwd: [NHJIRA] Closed: (NH-2668) REOPEN: Version properties
>> which are NULL in the database cause exceptions during a delete or
>> update
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>>
>> OK,
>>
>>   I guess this needs to be taken to the mailing list. Apparently mere
>> mortals like myself have no ability to comment on JIRA issues.
>>
>>   I am very surprised that this issue was closed so quickly. Not
>> everyone writing an application using NHibernate is operating under
>> the assumption that NHibernate is the only thing that ever
>> creates/updates/deletes rows in that database. One of the reasons you
>> have a database is so that you can have a tiered architecture, with
>> multiple applications interacting with the database. Closing it
>> because "This is not a bug in NH you have only dirty values, not wrote
>> using NH, in your DB." doesn't make sense. The values are not dirty.
>> The fix merely hardens NHibernate so that it can operate better in
>> conditions where it is *NOT* the only application interacting with the
>> database.
>>
>>   Fabio, I am dropping the not-null constraint so that the test case
>> reflects the real-world use case I am testing against: that is, I am
>> using NHibernate against a database that does *NOT* have not-null
>> constraints on its version properties.
>>
>>   What is the path forward here? I can keep a fork of NHibernate for
>> my company's internal use, but I'd rather contribute the fixes I make
>> back to the community, so everyone can benefit from them.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Fabio Maulo (JIRA) <[email protected]>
>> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:28 PM
>> Subject: [NHJIRA] Closed: (NH-2668) REOPEN: Version properties which
>> are NULL in the database cause exceptions during a delete or update
>> To: [email protected]
>>
>>
>>
>>     [
>> http://216.121.112.228/browse/NH-2668?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel
>> ]
>>
>> Fabio Maulo closed NH-2668.
>> ---------------------------
>>
>>    Resolution: Won't Fix
>>
>> > REOPEN: Version properties which are NULL in the database cause
>> exceptions during a delete or update
>> >
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >                 Key: NH-2668
>> >                 URL: http://216.121.112.228/browse/NH-2668
>> >             Project:  NHibernate
>> >          Issue Type: Bug
>> >          Components: Core
>> >    Affects Versions: 2.1.2.GA, 3.0.0.Alpha1, 3.0.0.Alpha2,
>> 3.0.0.Alpha3, 3.0.0.Beta1, 3.0.0.Beta2, 3.0.0.CR1, 3.0.0.GA, 3.1.0,
>> 3.2.0Alpha1, 3.2.0Alpha2
>> >            Reporter: Mike Pontillo
>> >            Priority: Major
>> >         Attachments: NH2667-fix.patch, NH2667-TestCases.patch
>> >
>> >
>> > Reopening NH-2667 as a new defect since it appears that I cannot reopen
>> it myself. NH-2667 was closed before I could even attach the test case.
>> Please don't close this yet; let the test case speak for itself.
>> > I tried using unsaved-value and it did not work. There are, in fact,
>> bugs here.
>>
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