figure out the problem, i was trying to update an object that was out of scope. setting up a conversetion solved the problem. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4002447#4002447 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4002447