How to initialize application state (defaults)?

[smokingapipe]

I have a simple question but I can't find an answer.

I'm setting up this application which allows users to log in, etc. Of course it also has an administration section to do all the normal things: create special acccounts, delete accounts, etc.

Here's the question: How do I instantiate this admin account?

This is going to be packaged "shrink wrapped" type software.

One way is to have a form set up that runs the first time it runs, it requires setting up an admin account. That makes sense and would be a good idea. What is a good way to do that?

Thanks

[pmuir]

Is it backed by a database? If so, you could just use import.sql to import data.

[wondermike]

How would you solve problems like this one?
http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=88326&start=20#3965369
In my app the import.sql file gets executed twice and I don't know how to prevent that.

[robjellinghaus]

I have the same situation.

I don't know how to solve the two-persistence-contexts problem (I'm not using jbpm in my app).

I'm planning to set my import.sql to populate some LocalConfiguration table with some initial "unset" state, and set hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto=create (as opposed to create-drop) in my persistence.xml. Then theoretically the first time it runs it will create the database and populate it with the "configuration not yet set" state. Then my Seam app can see that state pre-existing in the database, put up the correct "How do you want to configure your new installation?" screens, and off we go.