I was implementing it using HQL only(but it adds so many extra lines of code!) ; many thanks for the confirmation, holly77 :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068080#4068080 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4068080