Smitha K [https://community.jboss.org/people/smithakutty] created the discussion "javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: jdbc not bound" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/780560#780560 -------------------------------------------------------------- I have the following deployment details:-( I am trying to connect to the  database,but getting error) 1)ejb-jar.xml:- <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" " http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd"> <ejb-jar>   <description>A simple session bean</description>   <display-name>Simple Message EJB</display-name>   <enterprise-beans>      <session>       <ejb-name>FirstEJBBean</ejb-name>       <home>FirstEJBHome</home>       <remote>FirstEJBObject</remote>       <local-home>FirstLocalEJBHome</local-home>       <local>FirstLocalEJBObject</local>       <ejb-class>FirstEJBBean</ejb-class>       <session-type>Stateless</session-type>       <transaction-type>Container</transaction-type>       <env-entry>                  <description> Maximum percentage discount for a customer </description>                  <env-entry-name> maxCustomerDiscount </env-entry-name>                  <env-entry-type> java.lang.Double </env-entry-type>                  <env-entry-value> 50 </env-entry-value>       </env-entry>      <ejb-ref>             <ejb-ref-name>ejb/FirstEJBBeanRemoteTest</ejb-ref-name>             <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>             <home>FirstEJBHome</home>             <remote>FirstEJBObject</remote>            <ejb-link>FirstEJBBean</ejb-link>       </ejb-ref>       <ejb-local-ref>             <ejb-ref-name>ejb/FirstEJBBeanTest</ejb-ref-name>             <ejb-ref-type>Session</ejb-ref-type>             <local-home>FirstLocalEJBHome</local-home>             <local>FirstLocalEJBObject</local>            <ejb-link>FirstEJBBean</ejb-link>       </ejb-local-ref>        <resource-ref>         <res-ref-name>jdbc/nbuDS</res-ref-name>          <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type>          <res-auth>Container</res-auth>       </resource-ref>     </session> </enterprise-beans> </ejb-jar> 2)jboss-xml  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <jboss>   <enterprise-beans>      <session>       <ejb-name>FirstEJBBean</ejb-name>       <resource-ref>         <res-ref-name>jdbc/nbuDS</res-ref-name>         <jndi-name>jbossDS</jndi-name>        </resource-ref>       <jndi-name>ejb/FirstEJBBeanRemote</jndi-name>    </session>   </enterprise-beans> </jboss> My Local bean code is:- ejbCtx = (Context) context.lookup("java:comp/env"); dsrc = (DataSource)ejbCtx.lookup("jdbc/nbuDS"); I have jboss-ds file in the  default/deply folder configured as  follows:- <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <datasources>     <local-tx-datasource>         <jndi-name>jbossDS</jndi-name>         <connection-url>jdbc:sqlserver://172.16.84.66:1433;sendStringParametersAsUnicode=false;databaseName=NBU</connection-url>         <driver-class>com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver</driver-class>         <min-pool-size>5</min-pool-size>         <max-pool-size>30</max-pool-size>         <track-statements>true</track-statements>   <prepared-statement-cache-size>10</prepared-statement-cache-size>   <query-timeout>60</query-timeout>         <user-name>sa</user-name>         <password>M8$tek12</password> </local-tx-datasource> </datasources> But i am still unable to connect to database. Please provide me  inputs for the same. -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/780560#780560] Start a new discussion in Beginner's Corner at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]