This is not really a Seam question, better to ask in Hibernate or EJB3 forum. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3972153#3972153 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3972153