Might want to try to remove @PersistenceContext as it probably wouldn't be recognized since the owning class isn't an EJB. Use a seam managed persistence context instead. "grettke_spdr" wrote : | | @Name("partyService") | | @Scope(ScopeType.STATELESS) | | public class PartyServiceImpl implements PartyService { | | ... | | | | @PersistenceContext | | EntityManager em; | | | | ... | | } | | | ... | | What am I doing wrong? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4048811#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...