my requirement is when i delete the parent ,child should not be deleted but instead of deleting child,one of the child column
department_ID which is foreign key must be update with some value , say one
department(Parent Table) contains many employee and
employee(child Table) table have
Department_ID as a foreign key column .The problem i m facing when i delete the parent table nothing is reflected on child cause i have make updatable=false if i will make it true then on deleting parent ,child column is set null or if i update the parent then also child Department_Id column set to null which is violating the requirement so that's why i make it false .I don't want child to be update when the parent make any changes only changes should reflected on delete operation ,only on one foreign column. Please help me what should i do? thanks
ParentTable(Department) codeCode:
@Id
@Column(name = "DEPARTMENT_ID")
private String departmentId;
@OneToMany(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
@JoinColumn(name = "DEPARTMENT_ID",insertable=false,updatable=false)
Collection<Employee> employeeList;
Child Table(employee)codeCode:
@Id
@Column(name = "EMPLOYEE_NUMBER")
private int employeeNumber;
@Column(name = "FIRST_NAME")
private String firstName;
@Column(name = "LAST_NAME")
private String lastName;
@Column(name = "DEPARTMENT_ID")
private String departmentId;