oops, wrong forum... should go in the hibernate forum I think (although there might be a seam oriented solution) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4016856#4016856 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4016856