ORM children removal

[pnahtanoj]

I'm running into some problems with a relatively simple task.

Application.cfc

component {

    THIS.datasource = "xmdlocaldevdb";

    THIS.name = "TESTING"; // MUST BE SAME AS TOP LEVE APP

    THIS.ormsettings.cfclocation = "/xmdroot/model/beans";

    THIS.environmentName = "TESTING";

    THIS.ormenabled = "true";

    THIS.ormsettings.cfclocation = "/xmdtestroot/model/beans";

    THIS.ormsettings.logSQL = "true";

    THIS.ormSettings.dbCreate = "none";

    THIS.ormsettings.eventhandling = true;

}

Parent.cfc

component persistent="true" table="Parent" {

    property name="id" fieldtype="id" column="ParentID" generator="identity";

    property name="Title" type="string";

    property

        name="Childs"

        fieldtype="one-to-many"

        cfc="Child"

        singularname="Child"

        fkcolumn="ChildID";

    public void function removeChildren(){

        if( !IsNull( this.getChilds() ) ) {

            ArrayClear( this.getChilds() );

        }

    }

}

Child.cfc

component persistent="true" table="Child" {

    property name="id" fieldtype="id" column="ChildID"  generator="identity";

    property

        name="Parent"

        fieldtype="many-to-one"

        cfc="Parent"

        fkcolumn="ParentID";

}

create.cfm:

ormReload();

parent = new xmdtestroot.model.beans.Parent();

parent.setTitle('Title One');

child = new  xmdtestroot.model.beans.Child();

child.setParent(parent);

parent.addChild(child);

entitySave(parent);

entitySave(child);

modify.cfm:

ormReload();

parent = entityLoad('Parent', 15, true);

parent.setTitle('Title - MOD');

parent.removeChildren();

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All pretty straightforward, I think? The create file runs fine, records created in the db correctly.  The modify file is throwing:

Column 'ChildID' cannot be null

I've read in numerous places that this should work.  I'm hoping someone can point out my obvious mistake.

As a note, I'm aware that the flushAtRequestEnd flag is left defaulted to true - this is a legacy app that's, unfortunately, unlikely to change in that regard soon...

Thanks,

Jonathan

[pnahtanoj]

FWIW, I'm seeing this in the hibernate logs:

270	02/01 12:16:49 [catalina-exec-2] HIBERNATE DEBUG -
271	update
272	Child
273	set
274	ChildID=null
275	where
276	ChildID=?
277	02/01 12:16:49 [catalina-exec-2] HIBERNATE ERROR - Column 'ChildID' cannot be null
278	02/01 12:16:49 [catalina-exec-2] HIBERNATE ERROR - Could not synchronize database state with session

[pnahtanoj]

Finding some answers, but not total clarity.  I just downloaded the Whish ORM book, and it's shedding a little light, but I'm still seeing a few things I don't understand.

1) If I put inverse="true" in the Parent's one-to-many definition of Childs (as suggested in the ORM book), clearing the children doesn't do anything, weirdly.  If, instead, I put it on the Child's definition of Parent, I see the children's IDs set to NULL on removal.  Does that correct?

2) If I want the child records to actually go away in the DB, I'll need to actually call EntityDelete on them, correct?  For some reason I'd figured that removeChild would take care of that for you.

Anyhow, all clarification welcomed.  I'll continue reading the Whish book, as well.  Thanks.