Default property values do not work in Hibernate 3.1. I asked earlier about this and the answer was turn on "dynamic-isert" for the class. I did that and it still does not work. The objective is to have an initial optional default value on an not-null field. This is the usual purpose of the SQL column default clause. I know I can put the default in the class constructor, but that defeats the purpose of the dynamic-component used here:



Insert generates this SQL:


Which gives this error:

org.hibernate.PropertyValueException: not-null property references a null or transient value: TestPerson.Members.testBoolean

It does generate the correct DDL, but Hibernate insists on inserting a null instead of using the default, even if dynamic-insert="true"

This in the xml document:


produces this schema:


Which is right, but Hibernate insists on inserting a null value.

This is very disappointing as it means we have to put the defaults into the code and not into the xml, as we hoped.

Has anyone solved the puzzle, or does it really not work?

TIA