Hello,

I'm using JBoss-3.0.4 and I have a EJB-QL finder that must retrieve update objects having specific status or having no status (NULL).

My EJB-QL declaration is the following :
SELECT DISTINCT OBJECT(u) FROM Update AS u WHERE u.status IS NULL OR (u.status.id IN ('3', '4', '5'))

I was expecting the following SQL translation :
SELECT DISTINCT u.s_id FROM updates u, status s WHERE (u.s_status IS NULL) OR (s.s_id IN ('3', '4', '5') AND u.s_status=s.s_id)
that will match my needs.

The problem is that JBoss produces the following statement :
SELECT DISTINCT u.s_id FROM updates u, status s WHERE (u.s_status IS NULL OR (s.s_id IN ('3', '4', '5'))) AND (u.s_status=s.s_id)
which doesn't allow to retrieve updates with null status
(cause when status is null where's no foreign key relation).

Is there's a mean to reach the expected statement by forcing operations (OR) priority ? Is it a JBoss bug or must I dissociate these finder into 2 differents (1 for null, 1 for IN) ?

Thanks a lot for your help or your ideas.

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Laurent