AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table is a Cayenne PK support table. (It is not the
MySQL way.) If you were using Sybase, you'd also have an
AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table created by Cayenne.
The AUTO_INCREMENT is MySQL-only and I believe with Cayenne 1.2, you can
use it instead of AUTO_PK_SUPPORT. The downside to AUTO_INCREMENT is
that you can't cache keys or know the keys in advance (to build
relationships), so this slows down INSERT and potentially UPDATE
operations. The upside to AUTO_INCREMENT is it is popular with many
scripting languages (such as PHP) and if you are trying to interface a
Cayenne-based application to an existing MySQL database, chances are
they used AUTO_INCREMENT to generate primary keys.
You shouldn't use AUTO_PK_SUPPORT and AUTO_INCREMENT on the same table.
/dev/mrg
-----Original Message-----
From: Borut Bolcina [mailto:bo..ajdi.si]
Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:39 AM
To: cayenne-use..ncubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: MySql auto generated PK
My MySql knowledge is less than desirable, so pardon me for asking...
I thaught AUTO_PK_SUPPORT is the MySql way of auto incrementing
(together with AUTO_INCREMENT on column).
Are you saying I don't even need AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table?
-Borut
Gentry, Michael (Contractor) pravi:
> I didn't keep up with the MySQL stuff too much, but I believe support
> was added (sometime in 1.2) for auto-increment columns. The
> isGenerated="true" is what controls it, I believe. Assuming my memory
> is working, that attribute tells Cayenne to not use the
AUTO_PK_SUPPORT
> table and instead rely on MySQL to auto-increment the value and return
> it to Cayenne.
>
> /dev/mrg
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Borut Bolcina [mailto:bo..ajdi.si]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 2:53 AM
> To: cayenne-use..ncubator.apache.org
> Subject: MySql auto generated PK
>
>
> Is something broken or am I missing something in my setup, but when
> inserting, Cayenne is generating PK instead of using AUTO_PK_SUPPORT.
>
> I use Cayenne 1.2RC1, mysql-connector-java-3.1.13
> This is mapping:
> <db-attribute name="oid" type="INTEGER" isPrimaryKey="true"
> isGenerated="true" isMandatory="true"/>
>
> and this is how I generate the tables
> MySQLAdapter mysqlDbAdapter = new MySQLAdapter();
> mysqlDbAdapter.setSupportsFkConstraints(true);
> mysqlDbAdapter.setSupportsGeneratedKeys(true);
> generator = new DbGenerator(mysqlDbAdapter, dataMap);
> generator.setShouldCreatePKSupport(true);
> generator.setShouldCreateFKConstraints(true);
> generator.setShouldDropTables(false);
> generator.runGenerator(dataSource);
>
> AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table gets generated and correctly populated with
table
> names and initial value 200.
>
> When inserting records, Cayenne inserts records with PK 1,2,3,...
> ignoring AUTO_PK_SUPPORT. No SELECT FROM AUTO_PK_SUPPORT happens in
log
> files.
>
> What did I miss. I think this worked months ago when exercising
Cayenne
> with some simple examples.
>
> Cheers,
> Borut
>
>
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