That was actually a relatively recent change. I've been playing with different options trying to get this to work. I did have a hibernate.cfg.xml. It wasn't clear initially (after deleting the file) how to get rid of the reference in the console configuration since the field is disabled, but then I remembered I have to set the configuration type to "Core". Regardless, it has nothing to do with my problem. I started out without it, and after removing it, the problem persists. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4257386#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...