"billdurrell(a)hotmail.com" wrote : I have the same issue . Should I inject the EntityManager with @In or use | | EntityManager entityManager=(EntityManager) Component.getInstance ("entityManager"); | | Which also works for me. What is the side effect of using both approaches ? | The EM you receive from @PersistenceContext is container-managed whereas the EM from Component.getInstance() is Seam-managed scoped to the conversation context. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4066315#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...