The difference between your example and mine is that I am not exiting the conversation. When I load my start page, the conversation begins. I click on a link in my search results and that record is loaded in a 'view' screen. When I go back to the search screen, I'm still in my conversation and my search results are present. This is possibly an incorrect use of a conversation. It works well for what I desire to show on the screen and limit my hits to the database, but I'm also in a state where the conversation never really ends. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4076371#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...