[hibernate-issues] [Hibernate-JIRA] Commented: (HHH-3008) Cascade delete does not work with unidirectional @OneToMany and @JoinTable

Cascade delete does not work with unidirectional @OneToMany and @JoinTable -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HHH-3008 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HHH-3008 Project: Hibernate3 Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: 3.2.5 Environment: Standalone entity manager (JavaSE 5.0). H2 database. Reporter: Daniel Dyer A unidirectional one-to-many relationship defined as follows: public class Owner { @OneToMany(cascade = CascadeType.ALL) @JoinTable(name = "owner_element", joinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "owner_id", nullable = false, updatable = false), inverseJoinColumns = @JoinColumn(name = "element_id", nullable = false, updatable = false)) private List<Element> elements; // ... } Attempting to delete an instance of Owner should also delete all associated instances of Element. Instead I get the following error: SEVERE: Referential integrity constraint violation: FK56BBF9C487E817D: PUBLIC.OWNER_ELEMENT FOREIGN KEY(OWNER_ID) REFERENCES PUBLIC.OWNER(ID) [23003-63] This is because Hibernate attempts to delete the Owner row without first removing the rows from the join table.