Stuff I've learned recently…

I get it now.  In order to use Hibernate with Derby/Cloudscape, I need to use the “identity” generator:

<class name=”Location” table=”LOCATIONS” schema=”EARTHLINGS”>
    <id name=”id” type=”integer”>
        <generator class=”identity”>
    </id>
    <property name=”address” column=”STREET_ADDRESS” />
    … other properties …
</class>

This makes sense, of course, since in the db build script I have

create table locations (
    id integer generated always as identity,
    street_address varchar(30),
    …  other column defs …
);

Now I can use this “earthlings” schema dreamed up by Capstone Courseware in my Hibernate class.

I also stumbled across a NoClassDefFoundError and fixed it by adding a jar file.

I’d say on my list of 10 Canonical Errors (the sequence of challenges I need to overcome to learn any new technology), I’m probably up through 7 now.  Getting there.