the default behaviour of the join is as you describe. you must have some other problem why the join doesn't work that way View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3993026#3993026 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3993026