How do we run hbm2ddl tool to generate schemas using .hbm.xml files ------------------------------------------------------------------- Key: HBX-1153 URL: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/browse/HBX-1153 Project: Hibernate Tools Issue Type: Task Reporter: Pankaj Mittal I got the following kind of error when I tried to run hbm2ddl tool. Please suggest a method to succesfully run the tool. C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\classesHibernate\net\sf\hibernate\tool\hbm2ddl>ja va SchemaUpdate Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: SchemaUpdate (wrong n ame: net/sf/hibernate/tool/hbm2ddl/SchemaUpdate) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:621) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:12 4) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$000(URLClassLoader.java:56) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:252) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:320) Could not find the main class: SchemaUpdate. Program will exit. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://opensource.atlassian.com/projects/hibernate/secure/Administrators.... - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira