So in the end, how did you do this Kevin? Did you use Pete's strategy, or end up using Hibernate Interceptors? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4073228#4073228 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4073228