"mrohad" wrote : question regarding PersistenceContextType.EXTENDED | is it possible to explictly deattach the Entities some how? | | I am selecting the entitybeans I want ,then showing them and their relationship entitybeans in a JSF table ,then I would like to store them in a cache and deattache them , is it possible? | yes. call em.clear(); from the API docs... anonymous wrote : | clear() | Clear the persistence context, causing all managed entities to become detached. | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3967469#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...