I believe you are right about the tag having problems. I think it is because the Automatic object you create has not been persisted and won't have an id. Here's a suggestion for something you could try: | <h:selectOneMenu value="#{rstReportHome.specialfirm}" ...> | <s:selectItems ... noSelectionLabel="AUTOMATIC"/> | | public Firm getSpecialFirm() | { | return getInstance().getFirm(); | } | | public void setSpecialFirm(Firm firm) | { | if(firm == null) | { | // create a new automatic firm. | firm = new Firm(); | firm.setStuff("stuff"); | } | getInstance().setFirm(firm); | } | I'm guessing that noSelection returns a null here. Please post your results. Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4102316#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...