Hibernate version: 2.0.1GA

I'm trying to add a single record in two tables. The tables are related. I have a beginner's knowledge of NHiberate so I'm hoping there's a better way to do this.

Presently, I am under the belief that the only way I can get the ID of a newly-added record is to perform a SaveOrUpdate; then the object's ID field gets set (since I'm using autoincrement with SQL Server 2005 Express).

In order to add a record in a related table, I have to set the ID field of its parent. Here's what I'm doing now:

transaction = session.BeginTransaction();

Contact myContact = new Contact();

myContact.Company = "ABC Company";
myContact.Notes = "test";

session.SaveOrUpdate(myContact);

Address myAddress = new Address();
myAddress.IdContact = myContact.Id;
myAddress.City = "Any City";
myAddress.State = "XX";
myAddress.Zip = "12345";

session.SaveOrUpdate(myContact);

// Commit transaction
transaction.Commit();


Note that ADDRESS is related to CONTACT. 1 CONTACT per MANY ADDRESSES.

In order to add the ADDRESS record, I have to have the corresponding CONTACT ID and I believe I can only get that AFTER I create the CONTACT record, hence my use of "SaveOrUpdate" twice.

Better way out there?

Thanks!