CMP 2.0 and database defaults

[Vaidya Krishnamurthy]

Hi ,

     I am trying to create a CMP 2.0 ( WLS 6.1 sp2 )  bean which has a
column  managed by the database. How can I handle create/ update...

     In my bean the create method looks like this...

          create ( ValueObject x )
          {
               setattr1 ( x.getattr1() )
               .
               .
               setattrn( x.getattrn() )

               // setdate_last_updated is not called specifically      bcos
I don't know the timestamp yet
          }

          The date_last_updated column is for further use in case of
updates...

          But I suspect that the container calls the setdate_last_updated
method with null parameter when the row is created... ( ofcourse after the
database sets it )

          In other words, How can I flag the container/persistence manager
to ignore setXXX during create time.

Thanks much for ur thoughts,
Vaidya

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