According to this [1] it won't work with jndi [1] http://forums.java.net/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=207521 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4073404#4073404 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4073404