That error message normally occurs when the submitted value is not one of the possible values (i.e. the submitted value is not an item in #{bankAccountStatusList}). What scope is #{bankAccountStatusList} outjected into (is a long-running conversation in process)? A way to fix is to override equals in BankAccountStatus to compare on id equality rather than object instance equality. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3969840#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...