"SmokingAPipe" wrote : | Solution 1: Use a Filter that keeps an EntityManager hanging around for the duration of the request. Seems like an ugly way to do it, but I guess that would be "PHP-style", where it automatically frees DB connections when the request is finished. | This is how the OpenSessionInView works and I believe is the only way available if you dont want to get to Seam. Check this post http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=88460 for some differences in Seam managed persistence context Vs. EJB3's Extended Persistence context that will make applications not worry about LazyInitExceptions. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3964824#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...