Is there any way to continue to use the EntityManager after encountering an OptimisticLockException? I'm flushing the EntityManager explicitly in my session bean within a try/catch block where I'm catching OptimisticLockException. In that catch block, I wanted to make one last read using the EntityManager but it complains that the transaction is no longer active. If I'm explicitly checking for and catching/handling the exception, shouldn't I be able to continue using the EntityManager? Is there any way to get this to work?