Typo error in the previous post, for the first scenario, its: setfirstResult(0) and setMaxResults(10) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4158631#4158631 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4158631