The JTADBPersistenceServiceFactory seems to be my culprit. Switching to the DBPersistenceServiceFactory solved the issue for me. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4227294#4227294 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4227294