We have found a work around for this. Problem further drilled down to following calls of ObjectNode domain object(void addChild(String name, PortalObjectImpl childObject) of org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.ObjectNode). | children.containsKey(name) | Here children is a MAP(One-to-Many association) that is being loaded lazily. Because of this lazy loading, initially it is loaded as a proxy and whenever any operation performed on it, entire map gets loaded that in-turn fires those multiple select queries. Proposed Solution Solution lies in making this collection lazy="extra" instead of lazy="true" in core/src/resources/portal-core-sar/conf/hibernate/portal/domain.hbm.xml From: <class | name="org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.ObjectNode" | table="JBP_OBJECT_NODE"> | ..... | <map | name="children" | inverse="true" | cascade="none" | fetch="select" | lazy="true"> | <cache usage=&quot;@portal.hibernate.cache.usage(a)&quot;/&gt; | <key column="PARENT_KEY"/> | <map-key | type="org.jboss.portal.jems.hibernate.MagicString" | column="NAME"/> | <one-to-many class="org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.ObjectNode"/> | </map> To: <map | name="children" | inverse="true" | cascade="none" | fetch="select" | lazy="extra"> | <cache usage=&quot;@portal.hibernate.cache.usage(a)&quot;/&gt; | <key column="PARENT_KEY"/> | <map-key | type="org.jboss.portal.jems.hibernate.MagicString" | column="NAME"/> | <one-to-many class="org.jboss.portal.core.impl.model.portal.ObjectNode"/> | </map> The advantage gained by making lazy="extra" to lazy="true", according to hibernate docs,HERE https://hibernate.bluemars.net/315.html. anonymous wrote : "...The collection wrapper is now smarter than before. The collection is no longer initialized if you call size(), contains(), or isEmpty()—the database is queried to retrieve the necessary information. If it’s a Map or a List, the operations containsKey() and get() also query the database directly..." After doing this only one query in being fired instead of plethora of queries. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4251697#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...