select the “primary key” task and choose a primary key.one by one, select each object and do the following:.check any entities that you want to configure.right-click the project and select JPA Tools > Configure JPA Entities.enter a name in the “package” field for the package you want to put the entities in.on “customize default entity generation”.make sure that “update classes in persistence.xml” is checked.select the connection and schema you want to use.right-click the project and select JPA Tools > Generate Entities from Tables.at this point you’ve got a configured project, and it’s time to add entities.

check “override default schema from connection” and select the schema you want to use.

click “test connection” to make sure it worked.

set up a connection to your target database.

under “connection,” click “add connection”.

under “platform,” select “RAD JPA 2.0 Platform”.

in the project properties dialog, select “java persistence”,.

in the project properties dialog, select “project facets”, select “JPA”, and click finish.

in the project properties dialog, select “targeted runtimes” select your server’s runtime and click finish.

right-click the project, select properties, select “Server”, select the target server you want.

You should have a Websphere 7 or later server in the workspace.

I’m creating this mostly for my own use, because it’s a long and involved process and it’s hard to fix missteps after they occur, but I thought others might find it helpful as well This is a distillation of a number of examples and technology quickstarts that explains how to create and use JPA objects in RAD 8.0.4.

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