Index: /jboss/projects/seam/performance/trunk/wiki/svn/trunk/src/main/org/jboss/seam/transaction/Transaction.java
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--- /jboss/projects/seam/performance/trunk/wiki/svn/trunk/src/main/org/jboss/seam/transaction/Transaction.java	(revision 9186)
+++ /jboss/projects/seam/performance/trunk/wiki/svn/trunk/src/main/org/jboss/seam/transaction/Transaction.java	(working copy)
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Unwrap;
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.intercept.BypassInterceptors;
+import org.jboss.seam.log.LogProvider;
+import org.jboss.seam.log.Logging;
 import org.jboss.seam.util.EJB;
 import org.jboss.seam.util.Naming;
 
@@ -31,6 +33,10 @@
 @BypassInterceptors
 public class Transaction
 {
+   private static LogProvider log = Logging.getLogProvider(Transaction.class);
+   
+   private UserTransaction transaction;
+   
    public static UserTransaction instance()
    {
       return (UserTransaction) Component.getInstance(Transaction.class, ScopeType.EVENT);
@@ -39,6 +45,23 @@
    @Unwrap
    public UserTransaction getTransaction() throws NamingException
    {
+      //check if transaction has already been created
+      if (transaction == null)
+      {
+         log.trace("No transaction found - creating/looking up a new transaction");
+         
+         transaction = createTransaction();
+      }
+      
+      return transaction;
+   }
+
+   /**
+    * Creates the correct transaction type and returns it
+    * @throws NamingException
+    */
+   private UserTransaction createTransaction()  throws NamingException
+   {
       try
       {
          return createUTTransaction();