So i have a SFSB AirlineService. It has 2 datamodels on it, one for departure one for return. Now obviously these display the same sets of information but have different queries. So i thought .... in the datamodel i'd switch a flag to know what is selected .. like so - | <h:dataTable var="flightPackage" value="#{(onPage == 'departure') ? depFlightList : retFlightList}"> | when i run that. The page displays fine, lists are populated etc. However, the problem exists when i return back to another servicebean and try to retrieve the Datamodelselected .... it is null. Now if i just do #{depFlightList} ... it is fine. So i know my queries work, and in general the DataModelSelection items work. However ... why wont that work? is there some pre-rendering going on thats preventing it? or? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4048876#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...