Thanks again, The reason that I went with XA in the first place is just to leave myself the option of hitting multiple databases in the future. I am working on a "proof of concept" type application that is only hitting an Oracle database right now but could hit another DB2 database in the future as well as Oracle. I guess it is easy enough to switch back to XA if it becomes necessary since everything (mostly) is declaritive. So if I go with local-Tx all the UserTransaction logic still applies the same as it would with XA, correct? I really appreciate all the help you have given me and all the patience. Thanks again. -Brian View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3969921#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...