--- a/web/test/unittest_views_basecontrollers.py	Thu Jul 25 18:14:56 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/test/unittest_views_basecontrollers.py	Fri Jul 26 13:47:52 2013 +0200
@@ -197,6 +197,30 @@
         # created before.
         self.assertGreater(salesterm.eid, salesterm.described_by_test[0].eid)
 
+    def test_create_mandatory_inlined2(self):
+        req = self.request()
+        req.form = {'eid': ['X', 'Y'], '__maineid' : 'X',
+
+                    '__type:X': 'Salesterm',
+                    '_cw_entity_fields:X': 'described_by_test-subject',
+                    'described_by_test-subject:X': 'Y',
+
+                    '__type:Y': 'File',
+                    '_cw_entity_fields:Y': 'data-subject',
+                    'data-subject:Y': (u'coucou.txt', Binary('coucou')),
+                    }
+        path, params = self.expect_redirect_handle_request(req, 'edit')
+        self.assertTrue(path.startswith('salesterm/'), path)
+        eid = path.split('/')[1]
+        salesterm = req.entity_from_eid(eid)
+        # The NOT NULL constraint of mandatory relation implies that the File
+        # must be created before the Salesterm, otherwise Salesterm insertion
+        # will fail.
+        # NOTE: sqlite does have NOT NULL constraint, unlike Postgres so the
+        # insertion does not fail and we have to check dumbly that File is
+        # created before.
+        self.assertGreater(salesterm.eid, salesterm.described_by_test[0].eid)
+
     def test_edit_multiple_linked(self):
         req = self.request()
         peid = u(self.create_user(req, 'adim').eid)

--- a/web/views/editcontroller.py	Thu Jul 25 18:14:56 2013 +0200
+++ b/web/views/editcontroller.py	Fri Jul 26 13:47:52 2013 +0200
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@
                             if target_eid in values_by_eid:
                                 # add dependency from the target entity to the
                                 # current one
-                                graph.setdefault(target_eid, set()).add(eid)
+                                if role == 'object':
+                                    graph.setdefault(target_eid, set()).add(eid)
+                                else:
+                                    graph.setdefault(eid, set()).add(target_eid)
                                 break
         for eid in reversed(ordered_nodes(graph)):
             yield values_by_eid[eid]