[eclipselink-users] ManyToOne issue

["Christian (VuuRWerK) Seifert" <vuurwerk.christian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

since 4 month i was able to work with eclipselink w/o any problems,
nice work so far! ;)

But now i got a problem where i need your help :/

I have the following relationship:
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class Changes {
  @ManyToOne
  @JoinColumn(name = "FK_CHANGED_BY")
  private User changedBy;
}

class User {
  @OneToMany(mappedBy = "changedBy", fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
  private List<Changes> changes = new ArrayList<Changes>();
}

// first try:
change.setChangedBy(user);
em.persist(change);

// another try:
user.addChange(change);  // does also: change.addUser(this);
em.persist(change);
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Regardless of which way i try to set the User to the Changes object or
add the Changes to the User object I always got a "ORA-00001: Unique
Constraint (...) violation". It seems eclipselink tries to insert a
new entry in the users table while updating/saving. How can i get rid
of them and instead just set the FK_CHANGED_BY field with the id of
the user (which always already exists!)?

Thanks in advance!

-- Christian