OK, mistake in my previous post. It's actually (on the else branch): CCTransaction refTx = txHome.findByPrimaryKey(new CCTransactionPK(ccTx.getReferenceTx())); What I have is a table with an integer field (referenceTx) that refers to the same table. So basically I'm looking up records that meet a certain criteria (findBySendBatch) and then, for each one of them, I'm testing if the field txCode is 30. If it isn't, that means that they have a reference (again in referenceTx, an integer) to another record in the table. So at that point, I get another CCTransaction refTx = txHome.findByPrimaryKey(new CCTransactionPK(ccTx.getReferenceTx())); and that is what's blowing the server up, not literally, but giving me values inconsistent with what the database holds. So again, this is how the code looks: Object objTxHome = jndiContext.lookup("CCTransactionHome"); CCTransactionHome txHome = (CCTransactionHome) PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objTxHome, CCTransactionHome.class); Collection coll = txHome.findBySendBatch(); //group of rows that meet the "SendBatch" criteria Iterator it = coll.iterator(); while (it.hasNext()) { //loop through the collection CCTransaction ccTx = (CCTransaction) it.next(); if (ccTx.getFieldX().equals("30")) { ... //all works good as long as all the records go through this branch } else { //same home interface as the findBySendBatch, just now findByPrimaryKey, should give me another row in the table CCTransaction refTx = txHome.findByPrimaryKey(new CCTransactionPK(ccTx.getReferenceTx())); String foo = refTx.getFieldY(); // is coming up null, even when there's something on the DB } } Sorry for the earlier mix-up, I guess I have to be really accurate in what I post if I expect anyone to help me. :-) Thanks, Luis. -----Original Message----- From: Ingo Bruell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 5:28 AM To: jboss-user Subject: Re: [jBoss-User] RE: Finders > Object objTxHome = jndiContext.lookup("CCTransactionHome"); > CCTransactionHome txHome = (CCTransactionHome) > PortableRemoteObject.narrow(objTxHome, CCTransactionHome.class); > Collection coll = txHome.findBySendBatch(); > Iterator it = coll.iterator(); > while (it.hasNext()) { > CCTransaction ccTx = (CCTransaction) it.next(); > if (ccTx.getFieldX().equals("30")) { > ... > } else { > CCTransaction refTx = > txHome.findByPrimaryKey(ccTx.getReferenceTx()); > refTx.getFieldY() <-- is coming up null, even when there's > something on the DB > } > } It is not possible to find an EntityBean with a reference. Is ccTx != ccTx.getReferenceTx() ? -- -------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]