Custom ejbCreate() generates bad INSERT-Statement (4.0.2)

[oyabun]

Hi

Given the following EntityBean:

Person
-------
Name
Gender
Age (ORACLE DEFAULT 18)

and the following custom ejbCreate() call:

ejbCreate("Alex","m")

why is the generatet INSERT - Statement like this:

INSERT INTO PERSON(NAME, GENDER, AGE) VALUES ("Alex","m",NULL)

when it should be:

INSERT INTO PERSON(NAME, GENDER) VALUES ("Alex","m")

The Oracle Database could insert the DEFAULT Value by itself but JBoss attaches the NULL value. Can someone confirm this or link me to a documentation? Thanks.

--
Alex

[oyabun]

I found something in the EJB 2.0 spec 14.1.2

The Container must ensure that the values of the container-managed fields are set to the Java language
defaults (e.g. 0 for integer, null for pointers) prior to invoking an ejbCreate(...) method on an
instance.

I also have to correct my prior post. NUMBER-Columns are initialized with 0, while VARCHAR2-Columns with NULL. So the INSERT for my example:

ejbCreate("Alex", "m")

translates to

INSERT INTO PERSON(NAME, GENDER, AGE) VALUES ("Alex","m", 0)

Unfortunatly I couldn't find anything that manipulates the generated INSERT-Statements.