org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a
null or transient value
I am using Java,Hibernate and MySQL 5.1.52-log version.
My interpretation of default is if I don't supply value for the column, Hibernate will insert the default value when I try to save this object.
HBM file,
<property name="isActive" type="java.lang.Short">
<column name="IsActive" not-null="true" default="1"/>
</property>
According to the documentation of PropertyValueException, if you set a null value in a property declared not-null="true" and then try to persist/update it, then you will get this exception.
See http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/orm/3.5/javadoc/org/hibernate/PropertyValueException.html
You should remove the not-null="true" attribute from the config (because the default value of not-null is false) and then the database should insert the default value that you specified in the configuration for you (in this case '1').
[UPDATE]
I would have preferred to put this as a comment in fujy's answer but I am not allowed to comment on other answers yet. Does it work as expected if you remove the 'not-null' attribute (As I am showing below)? I believe that is what is causing the exception that you are getting.
<property name="isActive" type="java.lang.Short">
<meta attribute="default-value">1</meta>
<column name="IsActive" />
</property>
You could simply set it on your model directly
private Short isActive = 1;
Or you could try this in your hbm file
<property name="isActive" type="java.lang.Short">
<meta attribute="default-value">1</meta>
<column name="IsActive" not-null="true"/>
</property>
isActive field?
If anyone else is wondering an answer for this question, by using the @Column annotations, you can do the following as in the question above.
@Column(name = "IsActive", nullable = false, insertable = false)
private Short isActive;
the insertable property will not include this field in INSERT queries. Then the server will automatically put the default value assigned in the database itself.
