Then please report that EL issue in Seam JIRA so that we can fix it. null!="" ;-) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068496#4068496 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4068496