README.md

Why And How To Avoid The AUTO Generator Type In Hibernate 5 And MySQL

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Description: In MySQL & Hibernate 5, the GenerationType.AUTO generator type will result in using the TABLE generator. This adds a significant performance penalty. Turning this behavior to IDENTITY generator can be obtained by using GenerationType.IDENTITY or the native generator.

Key points:

• use GenerationType.IDENTITY instead of GenerationType.AUTO
• use the native generator - exemplified in this application

Output example:

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