Do you normally use JPA? If so you are better getting the session from your injected EM using getDelegate(). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4085283#4085283 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4085283