RE: one-to-many problem

From: Scott Anderson (sanderso..irvana.com)
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 19:04:15 EDT

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    Can't check the box. Can you explain what that does? I read the
    documentation for it about 100 times and I still can't make heads or
    tails of it.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mike Kienenberger [mailto:mkienen..mail.com]
    Sent: Monday, May 12, 2008 6:57 PM
    To: use..ayenne.apache.org
    Subject: Re: one-to-many problem

    One thing you could try is to make command.name -> command_alias.name
    to-dependent-key=true if it's not already set that way. Don't know if
    it'll help, though.

    On 5/12/08, Scott Anderson <sanderso..irvana.com> wrote:
    > I've got a table `command which has:
    > `id` int PK
    > `name` varchar(32) UNIQUE
    >
    > and a table `command_alias` which has
    > `alias` varchar(32) PK
    > `name` varchar(32) FK REF `command`.`name`
    >
    > Take special note how `command_alias`.`name` is a FK to
    `command`.`name`
    > (unique field) and not `command`.`id` (the PK)
    >
    > The following code chokes:
    > public static CommandAlias create(Command command, String
    alias)
    > {
    > CommandAlias ca =
    > DatabaseContext.getContext().newObject(CommandAlias.class);
    > ca.setAlias(alias);
    > ca.setToCommand(command);
    > command.addToAliases(ca);
    > try {
    > ca.updateRow();
    > return ca;
    > } catch(Exception e) {
    > Out.exception(e);
    > return null;
    > }
    > }
    >
    > With the error:
    >
    > May 12, 2008 6:15:55 PM org.apache.cayenne.access.QueryLogger
    logQuery
    > INFO: INSERT INTO command_alias (alias, name) VALUES (?, ?)
    > INFO: [batch bind: 1->alias:'aa', 2->name:NULL]
    > May 12, 2008 6:15:55 PM org.apache.cayenne.access.QueryLogger
    > logQueryError
    > INFO: *** error.
    > java.sql.SQLIntegrityConstraintViolationException: Column 'NAME'
    cannot
    > accept a NULL value.
    >
    >
    > I am 100% sure that I am not sending a null Command object. I believe
    > this stems from the fact that the relationship is not a FK-PK
    > relationship, but a FK-UNIQUE relationship, as evidenced by the fact
    > that if I make the `command_alias`.`name` field visible in the code,
    and
    > set do ca.setName(command.getName()) then this error does not occur.
    >
    > I am using a 3.0 snapshot from March.
    >
    >
    > And here's the relevant sections of my mapping file (I removed some
    > unrelated fields from command):
    >
    > <db-entity name="command">
    > <db-attribute name="id" type="INTEGER"
    > isPrimaryKey="true" isGenerated="true" isMandatory="true"
    length="11"/>
    > <db-attribute name="name" type="VARCHAR"
    > isMandatory="true" length="32"/>
    > </db-entity>
    > <db-entity name="command_alias">
    > <db-attribute name="alias" type="VARCHAR"
    > isPrimaryKey="true" isMandatory="true" length="32"/>
    > <db-attribute name="name" type="VARCHAR" length="32"/>
    > </db-entity>
    > <obj-entity name="Command" className="net.bnubot.db.Command"
    > dbEntityName="command"
    superClassName="net.bnubot.db.CustomDataObject">
    > <obj-attribute name="name" type="java.lang.String"
    > db-attribute-path="name"/>
    > </obj-entity>
    > <obj-entity name="CommandAlias"
    > className="net.bnubot.db.CommandAlias" dbEntityName="command_alias"
    > superClassName="net.bnubot.db.CustomDataObject">
    > <obj-attribute name="alias" type="java.lang.String"
    > db-attribute-path="alias"/>
    > </obj-entity>
    > <db-relationship name="commandAliasArray" source="command"
    > target="command_alias" toMany="true">
    > <db-attribute-pair source="name" target="name"/>
    > </db-relationship>
    > <db-relationship name="toCommand" source="command_alias"
    > target="command" toMany="false">
    > <db-attribute-pair source="name" target="name"/>
    > </db-relationship>
    > <obj-relationship name="aliases" source="Command"
    > target="CommandAlias" deleteRule="Deny"
    > db-relationship-path="commandAliasArray"/>
    > <obj-relationship name="toCommand" source="CommandAlias"
    > target="Command" db-relationship-path="toCommand"/>
    >



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