Thank you Gavin. I have made the change you recomended and it works perfectly. For anyone else that is follwing this thread please note that I edited the components.xml file to include the following: <core:managed-persistence-context | name="entityManager" | auto-create="true" | persistence-unit-jndi-name="java:/NewSeamEntityManagerFactory" | /> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4021367#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...