I just solved the problem, a total pot shot ... I had a table called Group which seems to have been messing things up (since it is reserved in Mysql) ....
Any idea what these warnings mean ? INFO: Using dictionary class "org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql.MySQLDictionary". 20-Dec-2012 11:05:06 null openjpa.jdbc.Schema WARNING: Existing column "name" on table "item" is incompatible with the same column in the given schema definition. Existing column: Full Name: item.name Type: varchar Size: 256 Default: null Not Null: true Given column: Full Name: item.name Type: varchar Size: 255 Default: null Not Null: false -- View this message in context: http://openejb.979440.n4.nabble.com/Debugging-null-openjpa-jdbc-JDBC-tp4659845p4659849.html Sent from the OpenEJB User mailing list archive at Nabble.com.