Most likely, you need to place your table inside of an <h:form> so the value is actually submitted. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068248#4068248 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4068248