Just realized that s:button doesn't submit a form, so changed it to h:commandButton and it worked. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4033824#4033824 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4033824