Hi Anonimus, What exception do you get when you don't specify CascadeType.PERSIST?
I'm assuming you're doing something like this : Employee e = new Employe(); e.setName("John Doe"); Department d = em.find(Department.class, idDept); // this is what I think you mean by loading all the references. e.setIdDepartment(d); Rank r = em.find(Rank.class, idRank); e.setIdRank(r); // and so on em.persist(e); If that's the case then you shouldn't get any exceptions. Thanks, -Mike On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Anonimus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ognjen Blagojevic wrote: > > > > It must be a way to INSERT objects in the database without looking up > > for all the references, but I am not able to find it. > > > > My problem is similar as yours, with a single difference. > I don't mind loading all the references because I need them in the program. > But I don't know how to insert object and disable an attempt of inserting > in > related tables. If I put cascade = cascadeType.PERSIST, I get an exception > (as you do). If I don't put cascade = cascadeType.PERSIST (which is > logical), I get an exception. Since I'm new in JPA, I'm quite lost now. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/How-to-PERSIST-object-without-loading-references--tp16472647p17778155.html > Sent from the OpenJPA Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >