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Caused by: org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException: Could not execute JDBC batch update; ....
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Caused by: org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException: Could not execute JDBC batch update
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Caused by: java.sql.BatchUpdateException: Batch entry 0 insert into ROLES (roleName, id) values ('ORDERS_OFFICER', '2') was aborted.  Call getNextException to see the cause.

@Transactional
@Service("adminService")
@Repository
@Transactional
public class JpaAdminService implements AdminService, Serializable

    public void saveRole(Role role) throws ApplicationException
    {
         try
        { 
            em.persist(role);
         }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            throw new ApplicationException("Please check...", e)
         }
       }

 <transition on-exception="org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException" to="failsUpdate">
            <set name="viewScope.guideMessage" value="'Check data please'"/>
        </transition>

 <view-state id="failsUpdate" view="failsUpdate.xhtml"/>

         <transition on-exception="org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException" to="failsUpdate">
            <set name="flashScope.guideMessage" value="'Check data please'"/>
        </transition>