My application has the following bidirectional one-to-many association: @Entity @Table(name="TB_CUSTOMERS") public class Customer {
@OneToMany(mappedBy="customer", cascade={CascadeType.PERSIST, CascadeType.REMOVE}) @OrderBy("createdDate DESC") private List<Order> orders = new ArrayList<Order>(); ... } @Entity @Table(name="TB_ORDERS") public class Order { @ManyToOne @JoinColumn(name="CUSTOMER_ID") private Customer customer; ... } I recently noticed that when a new Order object is added to a Customer object's Order List, the underlying Customer database table record gets updated, even though the Customer object was not modified. This is especially problematic since I have a database trigger defined on the Customer table that inserts the old version of a record in a Customer history table for auditing purposes whenever an update occurs. I am currently using OpenJPA version 2.0.1. I have tried upgrading to version 2.2.2, but still have the same problem. If I use Hibernate instead of OpenJPA as the JPA implementation, the Customer database table does NOT get updated. Based on my understanding of JPA, the Customer record should not get updated unless LockModeType.OPTIMISTIC_FORCE_INCREMENT is used (for optimistic locking). In case it matters, I am using build time enhancement. Here is the relevant section from my Maven pom.xml file: <plugin> <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId> <artifactId>openjpa-maven-plugin</artifactId> <version>${openjpa.version}</version> <configuration> <addDefaultConstructor>true</addDefaultConstructor> </configuration> <executions> <execution> <id>enhancer</id> <phase>process-classes</phase> <goals> <goal>enhance</goal> </goals> </execution> </executions> <dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId> <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId> <version>${openjpa.version}</version> </dependency> </dependencies> </plugin> Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Alain -- View this message in context: http://openjpa.208410.n2.nabble.com/Unecessary-database-update-tp7586121.html Sent from the OpenJPA Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.