Solved the root cause of the problem by using read-only for get* and commit option A. Gerry View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4260969#4260969 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4260969