Hibernate version: 2.17

Name and version of the database you are using: MS SQL Server 2000

Hi guys,

I have a question regarding doing an update on an existing record.

Currently when we retrieve data and shows it in jsp, for each dataitem we put a hidden element as well in the form. So if we have a dataitem "shiftname" to be shown as text element then we put it like this :

<input type="text" name="shiftname" size="20" value="Shift A">
<input type="hidden" name="shiftname_o" value="Shift A" >

Suppose user changes the shiftname from "Shift A" to "Shift B". When user click Update, we generate the UPDATE statement; we use the hidden elements to make sure that the values for this record have not been changed in the database.

UPDATE shift
SET shift_name = "Shift B"
WHERE shift_name = "Shift A"
...


Now we are using Hibernate and I am wondering how to accomplish the same task with Hibernate.

Thanks

optimistic-lock="dirty"

So no need to use version or timestamp columns?

no, this is for concurrency, nothing to do with simply updating a persistant instance