3 Replies Latest reply on Jun 27, 2007 12:28 AM by ashusri000

    generating a Primary Key using a Sequence in JPA

    ashusri000

      Hi All ,
      I have a simple POJO where I want to generate the Primary key using a sequence that increments value by 1 each time a new row gets inserted , .Here is the sample code:


      public class Tab1 implements Serializable {
      @Id
      @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.TABLE, generator = "tabGen")
      @SequenceGenerator(name="tabGen" , allocationSize=1)
      @Column(name="ID")
      private long id;


      But the problem with this is that it increments the value by 2 and not by 1 . Please can anybody help me out .

        • 1. Re: generating a Primary Key using a Sequence in JPA
          ashusri000

          CORRECTION in above Post :


          Hi All ,
          I have a simple POJO where I want to generate the Primary key using a sequence that increments value by 1 each time a new row gets inserted , .Here is the sample code:


          public class Tab1 implements Serializable {
          @Id
          @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.SEQUENCE, generator = "tabGen")
          @SequenceGenerator(name="tabGen" , allocationSize=1)
          @Column(name="ID")
          private long id;


          But the problem with this is that it increments the value by 2 and not by 1 . Please can anybody help me out .

          • 2. Re: generating a Primary Key using a Sequence in JPA
            waynebaylor

            are you using the sequence to generate keys for other entities?

            • 3. Re: generating a Primary Key using a Sequence in JPA
              ashusri000

              Hi ,
              What I am trying to do is , simply trying to persist a new Object every time the main method gets called and could not see anypoint where there are multiple / double call to sequence. The sequence that I am using is not already defined in the database , I have defined it in the code itself.
              Here is the code :


              import java.io.Serializable;

              import java.util.HashMap;

              import javax.persistence.Entity;
              import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
              import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
              import javax.persistence.Id;
              import javax.persistence.Persistence;
              import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
              import javax.persistence.GenerationType;
              import javax.persistence.SequenceGenerator;

              import javax.persistence.Table;
              import javax.persistence.Column;
              import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorColumn;
              import javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType;

              @Entity
              @Table(name="TAB1")
              @DiscriminatorColumn(name="ID", discriminatorType = DiscriminatorType.INTEGER)
              public class Tab1 implements Serializable {
              @Id
              @GeneratedValue(strategy=GenerationType.TABLE, generator = "tabGen")
              @SequenceGenerator(name="tabGen" , allocationSize=1)
              @Column(name="ID")
              private long id;

              private String val;

              private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

              public Tab1() {
              super();
              this.val= "hello";
              }

              public long getId() {
              return this.id;
              }

              public void setId(long id) {
              this.id = id;
              }

              public String getVal() {
              return this.val;
              }

              public void setVal(String val) {
              this.val = val;
              }
              public static void main(String[] args) {
              EntityManagerFactory emf =
              Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory("testApp", new HashMap());
              EntityManager em = emf.createEntityManager();

              try{
              em.getTransaction().begin();
              em.persist(new Tab1());
              System.out.println("Done");
              em.getTransaction().commit();
              System.out.println("Entered the Values");
              }catch (Exception e) {
              e.printStackTrace();
              }finally{
              em.close();
              }
              }
              }