So, you want to skip the validations when you write to the model? Or when you persist the model to the database? If the former, then you can't use s:validate tags (I worked around this once by calling the validation manually on clicking the next button) - you need to be careful to attach the correct error message to the correct field though... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4122201#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...