Seam : 1.2.1 GA App server: Websphere 6.1 Components: POJO Here's the problem we have... - A web service gives us a list of items - We iterate through the list (usually about 20,000) - Execute a method to persist the data from the web service Problem: Transaction time out (default app server time out is 2 mins, which we cannot change) Alternative problems - We have to use the web service which produces 20,000 odd items - We also want to reuse the code that uses the ORM solution for persistence (JPA/hibernate) - Reluctance to use an asyn approach Any suggestions? Thanks. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4107180#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...