Table/View does not exist in JavaEE web app deployed on Glassfish - jpa

Question

I tried to deploy a JavaEE Web app with JPA persistence on a Glassfish server I installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. Everything worked fine for the deployment and for web pages rendering in my browser, but when I try to use persistence the result is the error "Table/View 'ATHLETE' does not exist'.
This is the first time I try to develop a web app with JPA and I'm trying to create a skeleton to use in the future for we app, but I think I'm missing a fundamental part. Also, using #GeneratedValue for the #Id I get a SEQUENCE table missing error. I'm afraid the two problems are related
The Athlete.java
package com.storassa.javaee.scuolesci;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.NamedQuery;
#Entity
#NamedQuery(name = "findAllAthletes", query = "SELECT b FROM Athlete b")
public class Athlete {
static int idRaw; // I use this to avoid the #GeneratedValue issue
#Id
int id;
String name, surname;
int birth;
public Athlete () {
idRaw++;
id = idRaw;
}
<getters and setters>
}
The AthleteEjb.java
package com.storassa.javaee.scuolesci;
import java.util.List;
import javax.ejb.LocalBean;
import javax.ejb.Startup;
import javax.ejb.Stateless;
import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;
import javax.persistence.Query;
import javax.annotation.sql.*;
#LocalBean
#Stateless
public class AthleteEJB {
#PersistenceContext(unitName="scuoleSciPU")
private EntityManager em;
public List<Athlete> findAthlete() {
Query query = em.createNamedQuery("findAllAthletes");
return query.getResultList();
}
public Athlete createAthlete(Athlete athlete) {
em.persist(athlete);
return athlete;
}
}
The persistence.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence"
version="2.1">
<persistence-unit name="scuoleSciPU" transaction-type="JTA">
<provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
<class>com.storassa.javaee.scuolesci.Athlete</class>
<properties>
<property name="eclipselink.target-database" value="DERBY" />
<property name="eclipselink.jdbc.driver"
value="org.apache.derby.jdbc.ClientDriver" />
<property name="eclipselink.jdbc.url"
value="jdbc:derby://localhost:1527;create=true" />
<property name="eclipselink.jdbc.user" value="APP" />
<property name="eclipselink.jdbc.password" value="APP" />
<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value=" drop-and-create-tables" />
<property name="eclipselink.logging.level" value="INFO" />
<property name="eclipselink.deploy-on-startup" value="true" />
</properties>
</persistence-unit>
</persistence>
The error returned on the browser
type Exception report
message Internal Server Error
description The server encountered an internal error that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
javax.servlet.ServletException: javax.ejb.EJBException: Transaction aborted
root cause
javax.faces.el.EvaluationException: javax.ejb.EJBException: Transaction aborted
root cause
javax.ejb.EJBException: Transaction aborted
root cause
javax.transaction.RollbackException: Transaction marked for rollback.
root cause
javax.persistence.PersistenceException: Exception [EclipseLink-4002] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.5.0.v20130507-3faac2b): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException
Internal Exception: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: Table/View 'ATHLETE' does not exist.
Error Code: -20001
Call: INSERT INTO ATHLETE (ID, BIRTH, NAME, SURNAME) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
bind => [4 parameters bound]
Query: InsertObjectQuery(com.storassa.javaee.scuolesci.Athlete#65fd5648)
root cause
Exception [EclipseLink-4002] (Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.5.0.v20130507-3faac2b): org.eclipse.persistence.exceptions.DatabaseException
Internal Exception: java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: Table/View 'ATHLETE' does not exist.
Error Code: -20001
Call: INSERT INTO ATHLETE (ID, BIRTH, NAME, SURNAME) VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?)
bind => [4 parameters bound]
Query: InsertObjectQuery(com.storassa.javaee.scuolesci.Athlete#65fd5648)
root cause
java.sql.SQLSyntaxErrorException: Table/View 'ATHLETE' does not exist.
root cause
org.apache.derby.client.am.SqlException: Table/View 'ATHLETE' does not exist.
I don't provide web-related resource/classes as I don't think they can be useful. In case let me know.
Should the table ATHLETE be created due to the #Entity annotation and the ?

Answer 1

I guess the problem is related to leading space in eclipselink.ddl-generation value. In other words try to replace:
<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value=" drop-and-create-tables" />
with
<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value="drop-and-create-tables" />