"green804" wrote : | This method is running a select against the DB. It takes about .15 seconds to complete. I'm checking the the transaction timeout value with the sys admin. | The default transaction timeout is 5 minutes (=300 seconds) and is set in the jboss-service.xml in %JBOSS_HOME%\server\< serverName>\conf folder. "green804" wrote : | I do not have a transaction attribute on the moethod. | So, by default, the transaction attribute of that method will be REQUIRED. "green804" wrote : | I do not need transctions for this method. It's a select. Do you have any examples of how to set the transaction attribute? Can I do it using annotations? | Yes, you can set the transaction attribute on that method using annotations. If you don't need transaction on that method, you can set it as follows: | @TransactionAttribute(TransactionAttributeType.SUPPORTS) | public ... getUserData(...) { See this http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/819-3669/6n5sg7cm3?a=view for the available transaction attribute types and their meaning. "green804" wrote : | If I was to need a transaction for an update of user data, what should I set the transaction attribute to? | REQUIRED should work. See that link that i mentioned above. That should help you in deciding the correct transaction attribute type. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4158148#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...