See AnnotationPersistenceMetaDataParser.java:1201: if optional is false, then OpenJPA (not the database) will throw an exception if a null is specified. This is not propagated to foreign key constraints; those should be configured via the @ForeignKey annotation, by setting the updateAction appropriately.
-Patrick -- Patrick Linskey BEA Systems, Inc. _______________________________________________________________________ Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. > -----Original Message----- > From: Vlad Tatavu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 12:44 PM > To: open-jpa-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: MappingTool does not create "not null" column for > @ManyToOne(optional=false) > > If I use @ManyToOne(optional=false) to annotate an attribute, the > MappingTool does not create a NOT NULL column in the > corresponding table. > Bug? > > Vlad >
