you must use executeUpdate instead of execute  or excecuteQuery as following code:


Session session = sessionFactory.openSession();
Transaction tx = session.beginTransaction();

String hqlInsert = "insert into DelinquentAccount (id, name) select c.id, c.name from Customer c where ...";
int createdEntities = s.createQuery( hqlInsert )
.executeUpdate();
tx.commit();
session.close();