MultiTableInfo Foreign Key Mapping Leads to ORA-02291: integrity constraint violated - parent key not found (Doc ID 554601.1)

Last updated on MARCH 24, 2019

Applies to:

Oracle TopLink - Version 10.1.3.3 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
***Checked for relevance on 15-Feb-2012***
***Checked for relevance on 27-Oct-2013***

Symptoms

Two tables are mapped with a one-to-many relationship (Master-Detail), using a MultiTableInfo descriptor.

With the given foreign key mappings, insertion into the tables using Toplink 10.1.3.3 fails with the following message:

Internal Exception: java.sql.SQLException: ORA-02291: integrity constraint (SCOTT.FK_Projects) violated - parent key not found

However, when doing the same insertion with Toplink 9.0.4 API it works fine.

Example

Here is an example structure of two such tables :

CREATE TABLE Employee (
Emp_id NUMBER(22) NOT NULL,
Name VARCHAR2(50) NOT NULL,
PRC_Projects_ID NUMBER(22) NOT NULL
);

CREATE TABLE Projects (
Pro_id NUMBER(22) NOT NULL,
Pro_Desc VARCHAR2(100)
);

CREATE SEQUENCE SN_PRO INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 1;

ALTER TABLE Employee ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Employee PRIMARY KEY (Emp_id) USING INDEX;

ALTER TABLE Projects ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Projects PRIMARY KEY (Pro_id) USING INDEX;

ALTER TABLE Employee ADD CONSTRAINT FK_Projects FOREIGN KEY (PRC_Projects_ID) REFERENCES Projects (Pro_id);