when you deploy resources in a service archive (.sar) they are visible to all modules. in this cause your web app detects the hibernate.properties resource from jbpm-bpel.sar and tries to apply the properties there. try renaming the hibernate configuration files. to do so, follow the steps below: 1. edit src/config/jbpm.cfg.xml: <jbpm-configuration> | | <!-- jbpm context --> | ... | <!-- hibernate configuration resources --> | <string name="resource.hibernate.cfg.xml" value="hibernate-bpel.cfg.xml" /> | <string name="resource.hibernate.properties" value="hibernate-bpel.properties" /> | | <!-- configuration resources in jbpm-{version}.jar --> | ... | <!-- configuration resources in jbpm-bpel-{version}.jar --> | ... | </jbpm-configuration> 2. in directory src/resources/jbpm-bpel.sar, rename hibernate.properties to hibernate-bpel.properties 3. in directory src/config, rename hibernate.cfg.xml to hibernate-bpel.cfg.xml 4. the main build file includes hibernate.cfg.xml by exact name; change it to include all *.cfg.xml files: <target name="build.service.404" | description="build service archive for JBoss 4.0.4"> | <mkdir dir="${output.root}" /> | <jar destfile="${output.root}/jbpm-bpel.sar"> | <!--libraries--> | ... | <!--configuration--> | <fileset dir="${src.config}"> | <include name="*.cfg.xml" /> | </fileset> | <!--service files--> | ... | <!-- web module --> | ... | </jar> | </target> 5. rebuild and deploy the bpel service archive. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3988942#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...