You could try creating a new entity manager from the entity manager factory, and try loading objects using that manager to get the database objects. I think you can do it as : | @In | private EntityManagerFactory entityManagerFactory; | I believe the entityManagerFactory is created as an application scoped seam component. To create a new entityManager you can call createEntityManager() on the factory object. Cheers, Andy View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4109595#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...