Exactly how does it bail? What happens? And why are you using Seam in a non-JTA environment anyway? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4029417#4029417 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4029417