Index: /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/ManagedEntityManagerFactory.java
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--- /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/ManagedEntityManagerFactory.java	(revision 60675)
+++ /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/ManagedEntityManagerFactory.java	(working copy)
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@
 
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;
+import javax.persistence.FlushModeType;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType;
 import javax.persistence.TransactionRequiredException;
 import javax.transaction.RollbackException;
+import javax.transaction.Status;
 import javax.transaction.Synchronization;
 import javax.transaction.SystemException;
 import javax.transaction.Transaction;
@@ -56,11 +58,24 @@
    public EntityManager getNonTxEntityManager()
    {
       Map map = nonTxStack.get();
-      EntityManager em = (EntityManager)map.get(this);
-      if (em == null)
-      {
-         em = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
-         map.put(this, em);
+      EntityManager em = null;
+      if (map == null) {
+    	  
+    	  map = new IdentityHashMap();
+    	  em = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
+    	  log.debug("Creating new em [" + em + "]");
+          map.put(this, em);
+    	  nonTxStack.push(map);
+      } else {
+    	  em = (EntityManager)map.get(this);
+    	  
+    	  if (em == null) {
+    		  em = entityManagerFactory.createEntityManager();
+        	  log.debug("Creating new em [" + em + "]");
+              map.put(this, em);
+    	  } else
+    		  log.debug("reusing em [" + em + "]");
+    		  
       }
       return em;
    }
@@ -101,24 +116,25 @@
 
       public void beforeCompletion()
       {
-         /*  IF THIS GETS REACTIVATED THEN YOU MUST remove the if(closeAtTxCompletion) block in getSession()
-         try
-         {
-            int status = tx.getStatus();
-            if (status != Status.STATUS_ROLLEDBACK && status != Status.STATUS_ROLLING_BACK && status != Status.STATUS_MARKED_ROLLBACK)
-            {
-               if (FlushModeInterceptor.getTxFlushMode() != FlushModeType.NEVER)
-               {
-                  log.debug("************** flushing.....");
-                  manager.flush();
-               }
-            }
-         }
-         catch (SystemException e)
-         {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-         }
-         */
+         // IF THIS GETS REACTIVATED THEN YOU MUST remove the if(closeAtTxCompletion) block in getSession()
+//         try
+//         {
+//            int status = tx.getStatus();
+//            if (status != Status.STATUS_ROLLEDBACK && status != Status.STATUS_ROLLING_BACK && status != Status.STATUS_MARKED_ROLLBACK)
+//            {
+//            	if (manager.getFlushMode() != FlushModeType.COMMIT)
+//            	{
+//
+//            		log.debug("************** flushing.....");
+//            		manager.flush();
+//            	}
+//            }
+//         }
+//         catch (SystemException e)
+//         {
+//            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+//         }
+         
       }
 
       public void afterCompletion(int status)
@@ -147,7 +163,7 @@
    public void verifyInTx()
    {
       Transaction tx = session.getTransaction();
-      if (tx == null || !TxUtils.isActive(tx)) throw new TransactionRequiredException("EntityManager must be access within a transaction");
+      if (tx == null || !TxUtils.isActive(tx)) throw new TransactionRequiredException("EntityManager must be accessed within a transaction");
       if (!TxUtils.isActive(tx))
          throw new TransactionRequiredException("Transaction must be active to access EntityManager");
    }
Index: /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/PersistenceUnitDeployment.java
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--- /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/PersistenceUnitDeployment.java	(revision 60675)
+++ /Users/nicolas/Documents/EJB3_RC9_Patch_1/ejb3/src/main/org/jboss/ejb3/entity/PersistenceUnitDeployment.java	(working copy)
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
       pi.setExcludeUnlistedClasses(xml.getExcludeUnlistedClasses());
       pi.setPersistenceUnitRootUrl(di.getUrl());
       PersistenceUnitTransactionType transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.JTA;
-      if ("RESOURCE_LOCAL".equals(xml.getTransactionType()))
+      if (PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL.equals(xml.getTransactionType()))
          transactionType = PersistenceUnitTransactionType.RESOURCE_LOCAL;
       pi.setTransactionType(transactionType);