I did some more digging around and figured out that I can get Case 1 to work if I set the FLUSH MODE to manual . There does not seem to be a way in the components.xml to set the flush mode to manual . All the documentation point to the use of an @Begin in the page.xml . My application does not use the @Begin in the page.xml . Is there some way I can set the EntityManager to MANUAL . The initEntityManager() function seems to take the value as AUTO always View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4121716#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...