Add an additional annotation org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade to your OneToMany mapping, as follows: @OneToMany(cascade = {CascadeType.ALL}) | @JoinColumn(name="PROFILE_ID") | @org.hibernate.annotations.Cascade(value=org.hibernate.annotations.CascadeType.DELETE_ORPHAN) | public Collection getQueryProfileBean() | { | return queryProfileBean; | } View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4151775#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...