Thanks Pete, I did not see any examples of this in the reference apps so I didn't know if this was frowned upon as a bad architecture or was simply not possible. So you are saying I can use the TransactionalSeamPhaseListener in an EJB container? I know the transactions are dealt with a little differently, but I should not notice a difference from my standpoint? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4045069#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...