thanks Pradeep,
Only in the other post, I was wondering where I had read this. I think you are right.
EJB2.0 specs, p:352, sec 17.4.1
For entity beans that use EJB 2.0 container-managed persistence, only the Required,RequiresNew, or Mandatory transaction attributes should be used for the methods defined in the bean�s component interface and all the direct and indirect superinterfaces of the component interface,
excluding the getEJBHome, getEJBLocalHome, getHandle, getPrimaryKey, and isIdentical methods; and for the methods defined in the bean�s home interface and all the direct and indirect superinterfaces of the home interface, excluding the getEJBMetaData and getHomeHandle
methods specific to the remote home interface.
Containers may optionally support the use of the NotSupported, Supports, and Never transaction attributes for the methods of entity beans with container-managed persistence. However, entity beans with container-managed
persistence that use these transaction attributes will not be portable.
Containers may optionally support the use of the NotSupported, Supports, and Never transaction attributes for the methods of entity beans with container-managed persistence because the use of these transaction modes may be needed to make use of container-managed persistence with non-transactional data stores. In general, however, the Application Assembler
should avoid use of the NotSupported, Supports, and Never transaction attributes for the methods of entity beans with container-managed persistence because it may lead to inconsistent results or to the inconsistent and/or to the partial updating of persistent state and relationships in the event of concurrent use.