Thanks! One problem though | @Startup | public class PopulateDB | { | @In | private EntityManager em; | | @Create | public void populateDB(){ | em.beginTransaction(); | CreateTestData.createData(em); | } | } | Leads to this exception: javax.persistence.TransactionRequiredException: no transaction is in progress I can't start a transaction from the EntityManager either: using getTransaction().begin() gives this exception: java.lang.IllegalStateException: JTA EntityManager cannot access a transactions And yes, I am aware of the import.sql mechanism, however doing it programmatically would help me tremendously in my setting. Any ideas? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4036994#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...