All, I'm not sure if this is a problem in MY code or OpenJPA. But, here are the symptoms in WAS w/ EJB Feature pack:
User enters data into a form that is backed by a managed OpenJPA entity. Entity gets persisted successfully. User goes back to the same page and nullifies one of the fields (i.e., deletes a value from one of the fields in the form). Entity gets persisted, but, the field that was nulled out is not updated. Looking at the generated SQL in the WAS log, I see the first update that added the data, but in the second update statement, the field that was nulled is not included in the update (thus leaving data in the underlying table). Is there a setting in OpenJPA that turns this off? Or, could it (most likely) be a problem in my code somewhere? Any suggestions on how I can track this down and eliminate it? Cheers! Randy
