"sajankn" wrote : I'm not able to attach the files, hence putting the code as such. | | I don't see you calling setDeliveryMode(DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT) anywhere in your code. http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/javax/jms/MessageProducer.html#setD... As you didn't call setDeliveryMode(DeliveryMode.PERSISTENT) those message aren't even supposed to be persisted. Some persistence probably happened because of a collateral effect of paging where we send messages to the DB when you have too many messages on the queues. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4168589#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...