ijb, I tried with CascadeType.MERGE | CascadeType.PERSIST and code works as well. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121188#4121188 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4121188