If you're using Entity Beans, you can attach a Hibernate Event Listener or JPA Event Annotations (ie http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/persistence/PrePersist.html, checking that when a row is added for your "table1" bean, the logic you'd like done is performed... This keeps your logic at the application level, rather than relying upon DB triggers (as a matter of my personal preference). S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4074898#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...