Thanks for the quick reply. I have read thru this and it does seem to match my situation. I also reviewed JIRA and unfortunately for me, it looks like this was fixed in AS5.1.x (and presumably beyond) but that doesn't help me sitting on JBoss 4.2.3. I posted a comment on one of the Jira entries asking for clarification but I sure looks like nothing in 4.2.3.
Thanks again!