Jeremy: BMP (Bean-Managed Persistence) is an EJB2 construct (noted by the "beans_2x" package in your sample). So for this you'd have to construct a valid EJB2.0 deployable unit complete with ejb-jar.xml and other descriptors. Been a long while since I went this route. What exactly are you trying to accomplish, just work through the book? As a practical measure, using an EJB3/JPA EntityManager with transaction-type="RESOURCE_LOCAL" might be more a line with giving you the finer-grained control of BMT within an EJB3 realm. http://www.hibernate.org/hib_docs/entitymanager/reference/en/html/configu... S, ALR View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4134973#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...