chris:
now that makes sense to me.
thank you all 4 your help.
however, i think javadoc should be a little bit more precise in that issue. the actual descripition of the behavior of NoResultException and NonUniqueResultException can cause a lot of confusion and misinterpretation (at least to people that are not java ee pros).
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