Of course, why wouldn't you? http://www.hibernate.org/Documentation/NonTransactionalDataAccessAndTheAutoCommitMode View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4042649#4042649 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4042649