"ezanih" wrote : | | javax.ejb.EJBException: Invalid (i.e. remote) invocation of local interface (null container) | | | Looks like, the jndi-lookup returned a local interface instead of the remote interface of the bean. And as the message says, you are not allowed to do a remote method call on a local interface of the bean. Can you post the output of JNDI tree and also the code of the bean and the BiddingTestBeanRemote interface (including the annotations and import statements). "ezanih" wrote : | (2) One other way is to try to move the datasource out of the java namespace to the Global JNDI namespace in JBoss JNDI view. Do you know a way I can do this? Answered in your other post in JNDI forum http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&t=148230 :) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4199994#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...