Creating new bean - BeanExistsCommand problem

[perrottjones]

I've noticed that before creating a bean which maps to a db table a check is made to see that the new bean does not exist in the database (Oracle 8) prior to insert - why does it does this when Oracle checks anyway? Is there a way of turning this off? I've had a look at the source and it doesn't look like you can.

[davidjencks]

Well, Oracle and most other "relational" databases only check primary keys and unique indexes for uniqueness problems. There is no requirement that your tables have any such constraints, nor is there a requirement that e.g. the pk be part of the bean. Obviously any such design is questionable at best, however better safe than sorry. It might well be a good idea to be able to turn the checking off.