Detached, let's say from a em.find() call in an earlier transaction. -Marc
On Nov 28, 2007 7:38 AM, Oliver Zeigermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Where does the old enity come from? > > 2007/11/28, Marc Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I've had to replace a number of lines of this sort: > > > > em.getTransaction().begin(); > > entity = em.merge(entity); // <== > > entity.setSomething(value) > > em.getTransaction().commit(); > > > > With lines of this sort: > > > > ... > > entity = em.find(entity.getClass(), entity.getId()); // <== > > ... > > > > > > Otherwise, the set field does not get written out, although all > > requests to the current EntityManager will return the new values. But > > if you call em.close(), and create a new EntityManager, the requests > > will still show the old value. > > > > Can someone with insight into the code please explain? > > > > Thanks > > -Marc > > >
