Hi everyone,

I've been using Hibernate for a while now and everything seems to be going okay. I'm beginning to implement the DAO's for the objects. Focusing on "Retrieve" as a parser will be written to insert the data.

I have a problem that I haven't been able to find a solution for.

I created the tables using a java class called execute. Within this class I have been setting the values for the fields just as a test. These values were inserted successfully.

I am now wanting to test the data access objects I have been creating.

And here's my problem:

When I run the manager class which has my retrieve method, the values I set in the database are deleted as the program creates the tables again.

I tried to:

- Block out the references to the mapping file in hibernate.cfg.xml - no luck - an error occur asking for the "X" Mapping file.

- Take out the execute methods that create the tables and set the values.

If you could help that would be great, please post your suggestion. I know this is one of those things that is really hard to help with.

Thanks, Alyssa.

Comment out the following property in your configuration file or use some other option than 'create':


<!-- Drop and re-create the database schema on startup -->
<property name="hbm2ddl.auto">create</property>