Yep, good suggestion. In some cases I do not see the 'added value' of storing it in the db, but it could be implemented that way (not before 3.3, since it requires db changes) We *could* implement it *now* with access to the xml file and change the implementation later on. one question though... the jpldElementId is the internal id of a mapped xml element from the pd? What method would you suggest? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4055002#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...