Hibernate version:2

Mapping documents:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 2.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-2.0.dtd">
<hibernate-mapping package="catalog.model.businessobject">
<class name="User"
table="users">

<id name="userid" column="ID"
unsaved-value="null"
type="string">
<generator class="assigned"/>
</id>

<property name="password"
column="PASSWD"
not-null="true"
type="string"
length="20"/>

<property name="email"
column="EMAIL"
unique="true"
not-null="true"
type="string"
length="50"/>

<property name="activate_code"
column="ACTIVATE_CODE"
not-null="true"
type="string"/>
</class>
</hibernate-mapping>


Code between sessionFactory.openSession() and session.close():
public void updateUser(User user) {
this.getHibernateTemplate().update(user);
}


Full stack trace of any exception that occurs: NIL

Name and version of the database you are using: mysql-4.0.20c

Debug level Hibernate log excerpt: NIL

Hi guys,

I am using JSF + Spring + Hibernate. I got a User backing bean for JSF interface. Th eproblem here is that everytime user update their profile, I gotta get all the value in user POJO class including the activate_code, which is not needed, then pass back to Hibernate update function as a class (User) for Hibernate to update the user profile. if I don't set the value for activate_code in the backing bean, Hibernate will throw an exception saying that the activate_code is null. Any alternate way to tackle this issue? I am quite new to Hibernate and just started using for 2 months. Thanks !

regards,
PrettyHandling