Thanks Miłosz, I will try it out and come back with the results!
Thanks Sebastian 2011/10/25 Miłosz Tylenda <mtyle...@o2.pl> > Sebastian, > > For the sequence name too long problem, you could try setting the > maxAutoAssignNameLength dictionary property to the maximum sequence name > length in Oracle. > > You can also set the sequence name via the autoAssignSequenceName > dictionary property but in this case you will rather need to create the > sequence manually. > > If the above fails, there is an option to override > DBDictionary.getGeneratedKeySequenceName or > OracleDictionary.getCreateTableSQL methods. > > You might want to open a JIRA [1] issue for this problem. > > Let us know if this helps. > > Cheers, > Milosz > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA > > > > Or let me re-phrase my question: > > > > Is there a possibility to define an alternative name for the sequence > > or a table when you are using the option: > > <property name="openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary" > > value="oracle(UseTriggersForAutoAssign=true,BatchLimit=100)" /> > > > > Or is it really required at this point to rename the table's primary key > ?? > > > > The error message Oracle throws is like that: "could not create > > sequence because "appointmentcategory_seq" is too long name." > > > > I will also cross post this question to the Oracle support forums, > > maybe they also have an idea how to workaround that. > > > > Btw: Using > > <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema" /> > > > > Also throws some error in our application using Oracle database... > > So I always need to manually delete all tables and re-run the > > application so that the tables are created (including sequences). Is > > there a way of forcing openJPA to drop all tables? In hibernate you > > would say "create" instead of "update". In openJPA I don't see any > > alternative to "buildSchema". Is there a "createSchema" ?! > > The documentation does not say so much about schema update / > > forwarding.I don't see any other option that "buildSchema" mentioned > > in the docs... > > > > Thanks > > Sebastian > > > > > > > > 2011/10/22 seba.wag...@gmail.com <seba.wag...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi, > > > > > > we are still trying to figure out what is going wrong with Oracle and > openJPA. > > > > > > Our configuration now looks like that: > > > <properties> > > > <property > name="openjpa.RuntimeUnenhancedClasses" value="unsupported"/> > > > <property > name="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" > > > value="oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleDriver"/> > > > <property name="openjpa.ConnectionProperties" > > > value="username=SYSTEM, password=admin"/> > > > <property name="openjpa.ConnectionURL" > > > value="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:openmeetings"/> > > > <property > name="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema"/> > > > <property name="openjpa.Log" > value="DefaultLevel=WARN, Tool=INFO" /> > > > <property name="openjpa.DataCache" > value="true"/> > > > <property name="openjpa.QueryCache" > value="true"/> > > > <property > name="openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary" > > > value="oracle(UseTriggersForAutoAssign=true,BatchLimit=100)" /> > > > <property > name="openjpa.jdbc.QuerySQLCache" value="false"/> > > > </properties> > > > > > > UseTriggersForAutoAssign=true is the magic key to use sequences as it > seems ... > > > however ... > > > > > > => The problem now is that Oracle complains that some sequences have a > > > too long column name. How can we bypass that? > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > Sebastian > > > > > > > > > > > > 2011/10/2 seba.wag...@gmail.com <seba.wag...@gmail.com>: > > >> The guys from Oracle do (a bit offensive) argue that for such reasons > > >> sequences do exist. > > >> > > >> > https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=9909360#9909360 > > >> > > >> Quote: > > >> "Oracle has sequences for this purpose. > > >> They are either directly used in an INSERT statement, or assigned to a > > >> column by means of a trigger.." > > >> > > >> So my question might be: Why does openJPA not create sequences? Am I > missing > > >> some param in my config? > > >> I have seen for MySQL there is an additional "sequence-table" created > with > > >> all index. In Oracle there seems to be no such table ... while except > the > > >> persistance.xml the code is 1:1 the same. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Sebastian > > >> > > >> 2011/10/1 seba.wag...@gmail.com <seba.wag...@gmail.com> > > >>> > > >>> Hi, > > >>> > > >>> when using Oracle 11g with openJPA I do get the following warning > while > > >>> the tables are populated by openJPA: > > >>> > > >>> "Oracle" does not support auto-assigne d column values. The column > may > > >>> not behave as desired. > > >>> > > >>> ... and the effect is obviously that, as soon as you try to add a new > > >>> column with a null value for a primary key, Oracle will throw an > > >>> Exception... > > >>> > > >>> I can read from the Issue tracker: > > >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OPENJPA-1090 > > >>> > > >>> But actually the JIRA Issue 1090 is about adding this warning, not > about > > >>> how to solve it. > > >>> > > >>> What is actually the solution to fix it? > > >>> Is it database related or do we need to change our code? > > >>> > > >>> Thank you! > > >>> Sebastian > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Sebastian Wagner > > >>> http://www.openmeetings.de > > >>> http://www.webbase-design.de > > >>> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > > >>> seba.wag...@gmail.com > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Sebastian Wagner > > >> http://www.openmeetings.de > > >> http://www.webbase-design.de > > >> http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > > >> seba.wag...@gmail.com > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Sebastian Wagner > > > http://www.openmeetings.de > > > http://www.webbase-design.de > > > http://www.wagner-sebastian.com > > > seba.wag...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Sebastian Wagner http://www.openmeetings.de http://www.webbase-design.de http://www.wagner-sebastian.com seba.wag...@gmail.com