"pete.muir(a)jboss.org" wrote : Use getDelegate to get the underlying JPA provider. Thanks for that Peter. The complete solution just in case anyone is interested is: | Object localEMObject = ((EntityManagerProxy)em).getDelegate(); | HibernateSessionProxy hsb = (HibernateSessionProxy)localEMObject; | connection = hsb.connection(); | DatabaseMetaData dbMD = connection.getMetaData(); | String database = dbMD.getDatabaseProductName(); | This forum is very good btw. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4116409#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...