OJB looks for a value of 0. If the id value is 0 and it is set to auto-increment then OJB will generate a value for it. I ran into the same thing myself not to long ago.
-----Original Message----- From: Brill Pappin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2003 11:00 PM To: OJB Users List Subject: something not working as I expect it to I have a fairly simple object, who's ID I need to access. in my descriptor for the object, I have the id field set to auto-increment and as a primary key. In the class, the id is initialized to -1 (All my classes, in all my libraries initialize all instance members, even if only to null. this is part of our standards and good programming practice in general). What I am expecting, is that because I've set the id to auto-increment in the descriptor, that when I create a new class, the ID is auto generated... however what I get is the default value of the new object (-1 in this case). Can I force ID's for a particular object to always be generated by the database? If not, what is the recommended way to force that generation? I need the ID's because I'm working in a web environment and the id's are often called from remote applications... not to mention legacy data/apps ;) So, I need the ID field, but I also want the system to generate it for new objects. - Brill Pappin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
