Thanks for the reply. Now, after wrapping it in a transaction, when I attempt to get the transaction manager from the entity manager, I get the following exception: | ... | java.lang.IllegalStateException: JTA EntityManager cannot access a transactions | ... | I've hunted around the web, and found a few people that have seen this, but no solutions. Not sure what that means - any ideas? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3999275#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...