Why are you persisting orders in a database? If you are using persistent messages then the JMS system can guarantee persistence for you. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4244370#4244370 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4244370