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color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.workflow.instance.impl.WorkflowProcessInstanceImpl.signalEvent(</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>WorkflowProcessInstanceImpl.java:337</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.persistence.processinstance.JPAWorkItemManager.completeWorkItem(</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>JPAWorkItemManager.java:99</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.command.runtime.process.CompleteWorkItemCommand.execute(</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>CompleteWorkItemCommand.java:69</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.command.runtime.process.CompleteWorkItemCommand.execute(</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>CompleteWorkItemCommand.java:34</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.drools.persistence.session.SingleSessionCommandService.execute(</span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'>SingleSessionCommandService.java:279</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ... 27 more<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>I&#8217;ve attached a simple project using maven/spring/hibernate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Am I missing something&nbsp;?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>What am I dong wrong&nbsp;?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Thanks for your help</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p></div></body></html>