How do JPA persist, merge and Hibernate save, update, saveOrUpdate methods work
Introduction In this article, I’m going to show you how the JPA persist and merge work and how do they compare with the Hibernate save, update, and saveOrUpdate methods. Although you should favor the JPA-based entity state transition methods, you are going to see that the Hibernate-specific update is actually a good alternative to merge when you want to reduce the number of SQL queries being executed during a batch processing task.
How to merge entity collections with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction In this article, you are going to learn why overwriting entity collections is an anti-pattern and how you can merge collections both effectively and efficiently with JPA and Hibernate. The reason I decided to write this article is that I’ve been this question asked over and over and over again.
How do UPSERT and MERGE work in Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL and MySQL
Introduction Last week, Burkhard Graves asked me to answer the following StackOverflow question: And, since he wasn’t convinced about my answer: I decided to turn it into a dedicated article and explain how UPSERT and MERGE work in the top 4 most common relational database systems: Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.
How to optimize the merge operation using update while batching with JPA and Hibernate
Introduction One of my readers has recently asked me about optimizing the merge entity state transition, and, because this is a great question, I decided to turn it into a blog post. In this article, you are going to see a shortcoming of the merge entity state transition and how you can deal with it using Hibernate.
