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Setting Properties
Table 16.3
Table properties (continued)
Property Type Default Description
useAlterTable java.lang.Boolean false Whether or not to use the SQL ALTER
statement to alter an entity's table to add
columns for fields that do not have a
matching column.
createTableSql java.lang.String None SQL statement used to create the table if it
needs to be created automatically.
create-tables java.lang.Boolean false The Borland CMP engine automatically
creates tables for Cloudscape and
JDataStore databases -- that is, in the
development environment. To enable
automatic table creation in other
databases, you must set this flag to true.
Column Properties
Property Type Default Description
ignoreOnInsert java.lang.String false Specifies the column that must not be
set during the execution of an INSERT
statement. This property is used in
conjunction with the
getPrimaryKeyAfterInsertSql property.
createColumnSql java.lang.String None Use this property to override the
standard data-type lookup and specify
the data type manually, use this
property.
■ Local transactions support the
javax.ejb.EJBContext methods
setRollbackOnly() and
getRollbackOnly().
■ Local transactions support timeouts
for database connections and
transactions.
■ Local transactions are lightweight
from a performance standpoint.
columnJavaType java.lang.String None Java type used to create this column if
the table needs to be created
automatically. The acceptable values
are:
■ java.lang.Boolean
■ java.lang.Byte
■ java.lang.Character
■ java.lang.Short
■ java.lang.Integer
■ java.lang.Long
■ java.lang.Float
■ java.math.BigDecimal
■ java.lang.String
■ java.sql.Time
■ java.sql.Date
■ java.sql.TimeStamp
■ java.io.Serializable
This property is ignored if
createColumnSql is set.
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