change a managed entity, no save call: SQL> select e1_0.id,e1_0.city,e1_0.zip,e1_0.department_id,e1_0.level,e1_0.name,e1_0.salary from Employee e1_0 where e1_0.id=? SQL> update Employee set city=?,zip=?,department_id=?,level=?,name=?,salary=? where id=? count visible inside the transaction (AUTO flush before the query): 2 persist then query: SQL> select nextval('Employee_SEQ') SQL> insert into Employee (city,zip,department_id,level,name,salary,id) values (?,?,?,?,?,?,?) SQL> select count(e1_0.id) from Employee e1_0