Customizing Table creation using hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto

shankar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:34 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi,

I am using hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto with create option to create tables. the tables i need to craete are listed in the hibernate cfg file. TABLES for all the hbms gets created.

Is there any way by which i can stop table creation of some of the hbms listed in my hibernate cfg file.

Any tag in the hbm file or hibernate cfg file which will stop the table creation for those hbms.

axismundi · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:45 am **Posts:** 146

shankar wrote:

Hi,

I am using hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto with create option to create tables. the tables i need to craete are listed in the hibernate cfg file. TABLES for all the hbms gets created.

Is there any way by which i can stop table creation of some of the hbms listed in my hibernate cfg file.

Any tag in the hbm file or hibernate cfg file which will stop the table creation for those hbms.

you have full controll over code-generation by passing your customized set of vm-templates.

1. extract the vm-files from hibernate-tools.jar
2. modifly control flow according to your needs
3. specify your own customized set of vm-files when running hbm2dll

(I have done this successfully)

max · **Posted:** Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:06 pm

have you done that for hbm2ddl ?

should not work ;)

shankar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:34 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi Max,

Can you kindly suggest a solution to address my query.

max · **Posted:** Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:00 pm

we have work underway in hibernate 3.2 to let it be more pluggable.

shankar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:34 pm **Posts:** 6

Thnx Marx 4r ur reply

Can you kindly suggest any possible way out to address my solution until 3.2 work is rolled out.

any way by which i can stop table creation of some of the hbms listed in the hibernate cfg file.

axismundi · **Joined:** Mon Aug 22, 2005 5:45 am **Posts:** 146

max wrote:

have you done that for hbm2ddl ?

should not work ;)

I have done it for hbm2java (3.1alpha), so it should work for hbm2dll, also, I guess.

shankar · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 1:34 pm **Posts:** 6

Hi Max,

can you kindly tell what changes u have done in hbm2java so that i can have a look at it and try 4r hbm2ddl.

i mean how to use the changes u have done 4r hbm2java.

max · **Posted:** Fri Apr 28, 2006 9:41 am

hbm2ddl is using schemaexport/schemaupdate to do its thing. these two classes does not yet support any "templating"/customization.

hbm2java (and all the other code generation tasks) is templatized/customizable by their nature.