Re: Hibernate Ids

Tony,

It is possible to use a composite key but since those keys obviously
have alternate meaning it will be more difficult. Where I think you will
run into problems is with files that have multiple foreign keys that
include the same key field. I would spend a week or so building simple
tests and mappings to make sure you can work with the compromise -- this
will be time well spent and help you get your mappings right before you
develop any significant code. Hibernate 3 has some nice enhancements in
this area but it is still beta. An alternative if you run into trouble
might be iBatis.

David Morris

>>> tony.richardson@xxxxxxxxxxxx 02/14/05 11:29 AM >>>
Just want to make sure I'm clear no this before I try to sell the boss
on it. I know for sure there is no way I'll be allowed to add a "id"
field to our databases due to the number of logical files and the mass
rpg recompiles it would cause.

We are in the import/export business, and the majority of our databases
are keyed with a composite key of company, branch, division, year,  file
number, and file number suffix.  So you guys fell it's is possible to
set a  <composite-id/> field in this situation with no modification to
the existing databases. 



Thanks,
Tony