MySQL will only try to auto-generate keys when you don't supply one on
your own. If you have Cayenne generating the keys, it'll push them to
MySQL. However, I would suggest not doing both strategies on the same
table as it will probably bite you in the long run somehow.
mrg
On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbaldwi..arthlink.net> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> Good catch. I did not intentionally select the checkbox "Create Primary Key Support" (I have deselected this).
>
> However, I did verify that all the tables in the database have Auto-Increment for the oid field.
>
> So, if I had "PK Generation Strategy" set to "Database-Generated", and each table had "auto-increment" set to true for the oid field (which I just verified by inspecting each of the tables), which would have created the value for the oid field? (I am assuming this would have been generated by MySQL InnoDB.)
>
> Thanks,
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2010, at 11:17 AM, Michael Gentry wrote:
>
>> Hi Joe,
>>
>> The AUTO_PK_SUPPORT table is only used when PK Generation Strategy =
>> Default. Cayenne Modeler creates the AUTO_PK_SUPPORT if when
>> generating the SQL you check the "Create Primary Key Support"
>> checkbox. You don't need AUTO_PK_SUPPORT unless you are using the
>> Default strategy on some of your tables.
>>
>> Your create statement should look more like:
>>
>> CREATE TABLE pickers.product (..., oid BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
>> ..., PRIMARY KEY (oid)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
>>
>> Make sure your create statement includes the AUTO_INCREMENT option for
>> your oid. If you don't have AUTO_INCREMENT as an option, MySQL will
>> not auto-increment or generate your PKs.
>>
>> mrg
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Joe Baldwin <jfbaldwi..arthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Michael,
>>>
>>> I need a simple verification (because the webhost tech person is very confused).
>>>
>>> To explain further: I am using Cayenne Modeler to design the entities, and to create the database tables in MySQL. (i.e. Tools - Generate Database Schema). My understanding, and my tests have proved, if you set [PK Generation Strategy] to "Database-Generated", and [Auto Incremented] to "oid (INTEGER)" then Cayenne Modeler will "request/instruct/ask " MySQL to create a table, then set the oid as the primary key, and set auto_increment to "true" for that field.
>>>
>>> The following code was generated by the Cayenne Modeler (I deleted everything not having to do with the table or key)
>>>
>>> CREATE TABLE pickers.product (PRIMARY KEY (oid)) ENGINE=InnoDB;
>>> CREATE TABLE AUTO_PK_SUPPORT ( TABLE_NAME CHAR(100) NOT NULL, NEXT_ID BIGINT NOT NULL, UNIQUE (TABLE_NAME));
>>> DELETE FROM AUTO_PK_SUPPORT WHERE TABLE_NAME IN ('product');
>>> INSERT INTO AUTO_PK_SUPPORT (TABLE_NAME, NEXT_ID) VALUES ('product', 200);
>>>
>>>
>>> The question now is: Has Cayenne Modeler generated SQL that creates a table named "product", with a primary key "oid", whose value is automatically created by MySQL's InnoDB engine, using auto_increment, at the time of the INSERT? Another way of asking this is: In this scenario, does Cayenne generate the key, or does MySQL generate the key?
>>>
>>> I would like to forward a brief response to the webhost.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Joe
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 20, 2010, at 9:25 AM, Michael Gentry wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Joe,
>>>>
>>>> Your wording on #2 and #3 was a little curious to me. I don't know if
>>>> you used Cayenne Modeler to generate your schema or if you are using
>>>> an existing schema. Cayenne (at runtime) doesn't really instruct the
>>>> database (MySQL) to auto-generate keys. Cayenne will nont provide a
>>>> value for "oid" when inserting the record and that essentially
>>>> instructs MySQL to auto-generate a key. You set this up when you
>>>> create your product table, for example. The database needs to know
>>>> that it is responsible for auto-generating the keys -- Cayenne won't
>>>> tell it at runtime (other than leaving the key out on insert).
>>>>
>>>> Maybe I'm a bit off on what you were asking, but it seems like you are
>>>> expecting Cayenne to tell MySQL to generate the keys when it actually
>>>> works the other way around: MySQL is supposed to know to generate the
>>>> key and Cayenne then asks it for the key it generated.
>>>>
>>>> mrg
>>>>
>>>> PS. BTW, your settings are correct to use the auto-generated key
>>>> feature in MySQL, just be sure the table was created to auto-generate
>>>> on your "oid" column.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 8:03 PM, Joe Baldwin <jfbaldwi..arthlink.net> wrote:
>>>>> I apologize for this, but I am being forced to verify a configuration that is pretty obvious.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please refer to the attached CM configuration panel for an Entity.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. The Primary Key "PK Generation Strategy" is set to "Database-Generated". Please verify that this means that the PK Generation Strategy is Database Generated.
>>>>> 2. The Primary Key "Auto Increment" is set to "oid (INTEGER)". Please verify that the field being auto-incremented is "oid".
>>>>> 3. Please verify that (with the DBMS set to MySQL) that the two previous parameters instruct MySQL to use its auto_increment feature to create a new "oid" value for inserted records.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Joe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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