Transactional native queries on external database https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_thread?p_l_id=119785294&threadId=120696013 2026-06-01T07:58:24Z 2026-06-01T07:58:24Z Enrico Costanzi https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120841126 2021-06-22T14:21:36Z 2021-06-22T14:21:36Z

<p>According to <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/67201619/how-can-i-do-a-transactional-method-in-liferay-7-3 ">this stackoverflow answer</a> it's the transaction can be opened either manually or by using BaseTransactionalMVCActionCommand .</p> <p>I'm still trying to understand if native queries can be mapped on POJOs (without using service builder).</p>

Enrico Costanzi 2021-06-22T14:21:36Z Enrico Costanzi https://liferay.dev/c/message_boards/find_message?p_l_id=119785294&messageId=120696012 2021-06-17T12:43:13Z 2021-03-25T15:08:04Z

<p>My team and I are porting an old java system to Liferay 7.</p> <p>Aside from the Liferay database, we have an <strong>external database</strong> to interact with, and we have <strong>both to read and write on it</strong>. <strong>Most of the SQL queries are already written and we would like to use them in the new system.</strong></p> <p>The only resource I've found is this: https://help.liferay.com/hc/en-us/articles/360018179071-Developing-Custom-SQL-Queries but it doesn't seem to address all our problems, in particular:</p> <p>- some native queries cannot be mapped to an entity, since we cannot identify and ID for them</p> <p>- we need to define transactional boundaries at the service level, AFAIK as developers we are not allowed to use the @transactional annotation</p> <p>What's the best strategy for this particular case? Is there something similar to JDBCTemplate or JDBI available for use?</p>

Enrico Costanzi 2021-03-25T15:08:04Z