Hi George, This is the entry I have made in the ejb-jar.xml
<container-transaction > <method > <ejb-name>ProcessDefinitionDirectory</ejb-name> <method-name>*</method-name> </method> <trans-attribute>RequiresNew</trans-attribute> </container-transaction> Do you think changing the trans attribute to Required will help . Actually I tried with the 2 options for the transaction-attribute, Supports and RequiresNew. Awaiting your suggestions. Regards, Sreekanth =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff EJB-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".