Quite simple really. I don't even want to save the entities from the original query. Query query = em.createNamedQuery("from ViewLocationArea order by town, rank, area"); | List<ViewLocationArea> results = query.getResultList(); | List<SelectItem> locations = new ArrayList<SelectItem>(); | for(int i=0;i< results.size();i++){ | //Traverses the List and creates SelectItems for "locations" list | ... | } View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3982693#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...