ah excellent, thanks. It doesn't really matter, but I noticed that this actually translates to LIMIT <maxResults+1>: <framework:entity-query | name="randomPageImagesSmall" | max-results="3" | > | <framework:ejbql>from PageImage</framework:ejbql> | <framework:order>RAND()</framework:order> | </framework:entity-query> = order by rand() limit 4 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4091100#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...