"manik.surtani at jboss.com" wrote : what isolation level are you using? I think it was READ_COMMITTED (I can't see the code right now) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4066378#4066378 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4066378