GenerationType.AUTO vs GenerationType.SEQUENCE

rkannanmca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:06 am **Posts:** 2

Can anyone tell the difference between the usage of GenerationType.AUTO vs GenerationType.SEQUENCE.
inside java class as annotation.

Thanks,
R.Kannan

lokeshc · **Joined:** Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:59 am **Posts:** 14

These are the strategies specified to the underlying database for generating primary-keys of the entities being persisted.
You can read the further details at http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/annotations/3.5/reference/en/html_single/#entity-mapping-identifier

rkannanmca · **Joined:** Thu Jul 07, 2011 2:06 am **Posts:** 2

Thank U lokesh.
Its helpful for me.

thanks & regards,
r.kannan