Hi there!

How can I let Hibernate generate a unique, say, Long value for a property, that is not actually the primary key?
I'm aware of the possibility to delegate the generation of a property value to the database itself, but I'm trying to keep the solution database independent.
I really would like something like:

<property name = "functionalId" column = "FUNC_ID"
<generator class = "increment" />
</property>

Can it be done, and, if so, how?

Thanx for your replies!

David Gofferje
David.Gofferje@Getronics.com