You'll want to post this in the Hibernate or EJB3 forum. This is not a question about Seam. Mark View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4042163#4042163 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4042163