Attached is the exception that is outputted to my log when I attempt to save an object that violates a database unique constraint. The object fails to update, which is the expected behaviour, however no exception is thrown only outputted to the log.

Am I missing something here? Should not the JDBC exception not be rethrown by Hibernate as a HibernateException? I need to catch this and update the user GUI indicating that the update failed.

Hibernate version:2.14

Full stack trace of any exception that occurs:
Hibernate: update RULE set version=?, NAME=?, description=?, valueDataType=?, status=? where id=? and version=?
20:31:10,046 WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:38 - SQL Error: 1, SQLState: 23000
20:31:10,062 ERROR JDBCExceptionReporter:46 - ORA-00001: unique constraint (DBADMIN.SYS_C003102) violated

20:31:10,062 WARN JDBCExceptionReporter:38 - SQL Error: 1, SQLState: 23000
20:31:10,078 ERROR JDBCExceptionReporter:46 - ORA-00001: unique constraint (DBADMIN.SYS_C003102) violated

20:31:10,109 ERROR JDBCExceptionReporter:38 - could not update: [com.td.mfia.policy.rules.SimpleValueRule#2]
java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00001: unique constraint (DBADMIN.SYS_C003102) violated

at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:134)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTIoer.processError(TTIoer.java:289)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.Oall7.receive(Oall7.java:573)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.doOall7(TTC7Protocol.java:1891)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.parseExecuteFetch(TTC7Protocol.java:1093)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeNonQuery(OracleStatement.java:2047)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteOther(OracleStatement.java:1940)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:2709)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:589)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:672)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:642)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.ScheduledUpdate.execute(ScheduledUpdate.java:52)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.executeAll(SessionImpl.java:2414)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.execute(SessionImpl.java:2368)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:2236)
at net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.commit(JDBCTransaction.java:61)
at ca.p3.dao.DAOManager.commitTransaction(DAOManager.java:135)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.AbstractHibernateDAO.saveOrUpdate(AbstractHibernateDAO.java:56)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.dao.RuleHibernateDAO.update(RuleHibernateDAO.java:36)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.DefaultRuleManager.update(DefaultRuleManager.java:44)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.RuleManagerAction.doPostEditSave(RuleManagerAction.java:81)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.AbstractObjectManagerAction.save(AbstractObjectManagerAction.java:337)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.dispatchMethod(DispatchAction.java:280)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:216)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.HibernateDAOServletFilter.doFilter(HibernateDAOServletFilter.java:35)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2422)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:199)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:828)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:700)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:584)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
20:31:10,140 ERROR SessionImpl:2375 - Could not synchronize database state with session
net.sf.hibernate.JDBCException: could not update: [com.td.mfia.policy.rules.SimpleValueRule#2]
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:707)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:642)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.ScheduledUpdate.execute(ScheduledUpdate.java:52)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.executeAll(SessionImpl.java:2414)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.execute(SessionImpl.java:2368)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:2236)
at net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.commit(JDBCTransaction.java:61)
at ca.p3.dao.DAOManager.commitTransaction(DAOManager.java:135)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.AbstractHibernateDAO.saveOrUpdate(AbstractHibernateDAO.java:56)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.dao.RuleHibernateDAO.update(RuleHibernateDAO.java:36)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.DefaultRuleManager.update(DefaultRuleManager.java:44)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.RuleManagerAction.doPostEditSave(RuleManagerAction.java:81)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.AbstractObjectManagerAction.save(AbstractObjectManagerAction.java:337)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.dispatchMethod(DispatchAction.java:280)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:216)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.HibernateDAOServletFilter.doFilter(HibernateDAOServletFilter.java:35)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2422)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:199)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:828)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:700)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:584)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00001: unique constraint (DBADMIN.SYS_C003102) violated

at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:134)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTIoer.processError(TTIoer.java:289)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.Oall7.receive(Oall7.java:573)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.doOall7(TTC7Protocol.java:1891)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.parseExecuteFetch(TTC7Protocol.java:1093)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeNonQuery(OracleStatement.java:2047)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteOther(OracleStatement.java:1940)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:2709)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:589)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:672)
... 56 more
net.sf.hibernate.JDBCException: could not update: [com.td.mfia.policy.rules.SimpleValueRule#2]
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:707)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:642)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.ScheduledUpdate.execute(ScheduledUpdate.java:52)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.executeAll(SessionImpl.java:2414)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.execute(SessionImpl.java:2368)
at net.sf.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:2236)
at net.sf.hibernate.transaction.JDBCTransaction.commit(JDBCTransaction.java:61)
at ca.p3.dao.DAOManager.commitTransaction(DAOManager.java:135)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.AbstractHibernateDAO.saveOrUpdate(AbstractHibernateDAO.java:56)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.dao.RuleHibernateDAO.update(RuleHibernateDAO.java:36)
at com.td.mfia.policy.rules.DefaultRuleManager.update(DefaultRuleManager.java:44)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.RuleManagerAction.doPostEditSave(RuleManagerAction.java:81)
at com.td.mfia.struts.actions.AbstractObjectManagerAction.save(AbstractObjectManagerAction.java:337)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.dispatchMethod(DispatchAction.java:280)
at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:216)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at ca.p3.dao.hibernate.HibernateDAOServletFilter.doFilter(HibernateDAOServletFilter.java:35)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:213)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:256)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2422)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:171)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:163)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:199)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:828)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:700)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:584)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-00001: unique constraint (DBADMIN.SYS_C003102) violated

at oracle.jdbc.dbaccess.DBError.throwSqlException(DBError.java:134)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTIoer.processError(TTIoer.java:289)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.Oall7.receive(Oall7.java:573)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.doOall7(TTC7Protocol.java:1891)
at oracle.jdbc.ttc7.TTC7Protocol.parseExecuteFetch(TTC7Protocol.java:1093)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.executeNonQuery(OracleStatement.java:2047)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteOther(OracleStatement.java:1940)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement.doExecuteWithTimeout(OracleStatement.java:2709)
at oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement.executeUpdate(OraclePreparedStatement.java:589)
at net.sf.hibernate.persister.EntityPersister.update(EntityPersister.java:672)
... 56 more
Name and version of the database you are using: Oracle 9.2

It is of course your code which is swallowing the exception.

Yes Gavin,

You're correct, sorry for wasting your time, I was using someone's proprietary DAO which was wrapping the transaction commit.

Thx
Dave