abiya [http://community.jboss.org/people/abiya] created the discussion "JNDI lookup fails in Filter/Servlet's init() method" To view the discussion, visit: http://community.jboss.org/message/638609#638609 -------------------------------------------------------------- Hi, I am able to perform JNDI lookup using the following code in my servlet, DataSource ds = null; Context ctx = null; try {         String strDSName = "java:jboss/datasources/Test";         ctx = new InitialContext();         ds = (javax.sql.DataSource) ctx.lookup(strDSName); } catch (Exception e) { } I need to have lookup from servlet and filter's init() method which looks like a problem. It throws javax.naming.NameNotFoundException. Any input on this would be of great help. Thanks, Abiya -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [http://community.jboss.org/message/638609#638609] Start a new discussion in JNDI and Naming at Community [http://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]