Well, what's wrong with DummyTransactionManagerLookup anyway? Why is it "not recommended for production use"? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4092823#4092823 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4092823