You'll need some sort of converter on the h:selectXXX - probably s:convertEntity should work. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4078429#4078429 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4078429