I have changed my code to reflect yours and still get the same result. I really prefer not to use a Factory method because the dataModel really should not be populated until the form is submitted. Basically this is an address locator where the user will input an address and a list of matching addresses is returned. I have tried this both with a Factory and without and still nothing. See my initial post and the Seam Debug page. Something weird is going on where I get the IllegalArgumentException and the Row is unavailable. Thanks again for your help. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4033364#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...