Ups! The mentioned chapter is in Hibernate reference documentation version 3.2.0 GA which is used in seam 1.2.1. There is even a better way if you are working with annotations. See chapter 22.4. Annotations for context demarcation (Seam ref doc 1.2.1 - really ;-)) Just annotate the methode you are calling the SP with this annotation. @Begin(flushMode=FlushModeType.MANUAL) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4089580#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...