Glad to help. I think it will work, I didn't use @JoinTable in my test
though.
-mike
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 3:48 PM, Fernando Padilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> nice :)
>
> so I use @ManyToMany, and still use the @JoinTable, but simply add the
> @OrderColumn instead of the @OrderBy?
>
>
> Michael Dick wrote:
>
>> In that case the OpenJPA OrderColumn annotation should work.
>>
>> import org.apache.openjpa.persistence.jdbc.OrderColumn;
>>
>> @Entity
>> public class FLeague extends HBaseIdCreateTime {
>> ....
>> @ManyToMany
>> @OrderColumn(name="DRAFTORDER_ORDER")
>> private List<FTeam> draftOrder;
>> ....
>> }
>>
>> hth
>>
>> -mike
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Fernando Padilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> :( it's not.
>>>
>>> the sort column lives purely in the relational join table, and is not
>>> associated with any fields in the target entity.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael Dick wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> If the sort column is a mapped field in the target entity you can use
>>>> "vanilla" JPA. Something like this should work for you :
>>>>
>>>> @Entity
>>>> public class FLeague extends HBaseIdCreateTime {
>>>> ....
>>>> @ManyToMany
>>>> @OrderBy("${fieldName} ASC")
>>>> private List<FTeam> draftOrder;
>>>> ....
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> Replace ${fieldName} with the name of the field in the target entity and
>>>> you
>>>> should be good to go. If you don't specify a fieldname we'll sort by
>>>> primary
>>>> key.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> -mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Fernando Padilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>> So, again, I'm trying to port from old JDO to new JPA :) And I'm
>>>> trying
>>>>
>>>>> to
>>>>> map a List object, where the relational table is storing the position
>>>>> of
>>>>> each element. It looks like standard JPA doesn't want to support this,
>>>>> but
>>>>> I was wondering if OpenJPA had this as an option in some way...:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> And I have this sort of relational join table.
>>>>>
>>>>> mysql> desc FLEAG_DRAFTORDER;
>>>>> +------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>>>>> | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
>>>>> +------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>>>>> | DRAFTORDER_JDOID | bigint(20) | YES | MUL | NULL | |
>>>>> | DRAFTORDER_ORDER | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
>>>>> | JDOID | bigint(20) | YES | MUL | NULL | |
>>>>> +------------------+------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>>>>> JDOID -> FLEAGUE
>>>>> DRAFTORDER_JDOID -> FTEAM
>>>>> DRAFTORDER_ORDER -> LIST_INDEX_POSITION
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The owning class has a field:
>>>>>
>>>>> @Entity
>>>>> public class FLeague extends HBaseIdCreateTime {
>>>>> ....
>>>>> @ManyToMany
>>>>> private List<FTeam> draftOrder;
>>>>> ....
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> @Entity
>>>>> public class FTeam extends HBaseIdCreateTime {
>>>>> ....
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>
