Hibernate Unidirectional Parent/Child relationship - delete() performs update on child table instead of delete

Question

If I delete a record from the Parent table I want the corresponding records in the child table to be deleted. How can I make Hibernate delete from the Child tabl

Answer 1

I encountered this error all the time.

Just put an inverse="true" on the relationship and your problem will go away!

Basically the inverse will tell hibernate the child cannot exist without a parent, thereby causing hibernate to delete the child.

Having said that, you'll also need to remove the charityTransfer object from the collection in the parent as well.