Java persistence, Derby, and Unique Constraints

I have an entity that I've created and I want that entity to map to a
table in the database with a unique constraint on Message-Id. I think I
have the class annotations right, but for some reason Derby is not giving
me the unique constraint I desire.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this. Here's the source code for the
entity. It is pretty simple, so I'll include it in its entirety:

@Entity
@Table(uniqueConstraints = {@UniqueConstraint(columnNames =
{"MessageId"})})
public class Article implements Serializable {
    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
    private Long id;
    private String article;
    private String messageId;

    public Article() {

    }

    public Article(String article) {
        this.article = article;
        this.messageId = getMessageId(article);
    }

    public void setId(Long id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
    public Long getId() {
        return id;
    }

    @Lob
    public String getArticle() {
        return article;
    }

    public void setArticle(String article) {
        this.article = article;
    }

    private String getMessageId(String article) {
        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^Message-ID: .*$",
                Pattern.MULTILINE);
        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(article);
        matcher.find();
        return article.substring(matcher.start() + 13, matcher.end() -
1);
    }

    @Column(name = "MessageId")
    public String getMessageId() {
        return messageId;
    }
    
    public void setMessageId(String messageId) {
        this.messageId = messageId;
    }

    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        int hash = 0;
        hash += (id != null ? id.hashCode() : 0);
        return hash;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object object) {
        // TODO: Warning - this method won't work in the case the id
fields are not set
        if (!(object instanceof Article)) {
            return false;
        }
        Article other = (Article) object;
        if ((this.id == null && other.id != null) || (this.id != null && !
this.id.equals(other.id))) {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        return "com.squeakydolphin.newsnet.Article[id=" + id + "]";
    }

}

Thanks.

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