'cannot navigate association field [field] in the SET clause target exceptions'. This happends because TopLink is a little more strict about your Entity Relations.
Example:
You have an entity School that includes an entity adress, and in the same way the adress is identified using an integer adressID.
School Entity
@Entity
class School{
@ID
private int schoolID;
@OneToOne
private Address address;
}
@Entity
class Address{
@ID
private int addressID;
}
If you create this query:
UPDATE School s SET s.address.adressID = :anAddressID
Hibernate will not complain but Toplink will fail. In toplink is mandatory to use the entity object instead the attributes of the entity: The correct query in toplink is:
UPDATE School s SET s.address = :anAddress
In my opinion is better using the entity object and not the ids 'cause you are taking advantage of the object abstraction provided by the persistence provider.
