John MankoSome coding, politics, beer, art, and music. :)

Ever get that feeling like an entire day, if not days, is going to be wasted as a result of tracking down a compatibility issue that leaves you rushing to find a fix?  That’s exactly how I felt after I upgraded my test instance of Glassfish from v3.0.1 to v3.1, breaking compatibility with existing applications.  I, unfortunately, didn’t thoroughly read the EclipseLink Bug List or notes on Richfaces v3.* integration with JSF 2.0.  In fact, I didn’t read it at all.

For the purpose of this post, I want to detail the immediate and significant problems that may result after a GFv3.1 upgrade.  The initial bug I encountered has to do with EclipseLink and it’s handling of column/table name comparisons, and ultimately throws an org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.ValidationException exception.  Case-sensitivity becomes an issue with this release, and a fix is not available until release 2.2.1 at the earliest (currently at 2.2.0.v20110202-r8913).  There is a workaround, however.  Next, I’ll look into the care that must be taken with running Richfaces 3.3.3 in a JSF 2 environment. Read the rest of this entry »