"vickyk" wrote : Can you point LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable to to lib32 for DB2V9.1 ? | Have a look at this | http://lekkimworld.com/2005/02/18/connecting_to_ibm_db2_v_8_x_using_jdbc.... | The DB2 type4 driver seems not to be fully pure java as described by the JDBC specifications , it will not work unless the LD_LIBRARY_PATH points to correct native libraries in the lib32 (or lib in DB2 V8) | This statement is wrong .... Apologies for misleading you here , you had basically configured type 2 driver here . Actually you can get Type 4 behavior by setting the driverType property to 4 as <xa-datasource-property name="DriverType">4</xa-datasource-property> You don't need to set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH once this is done . Vicky View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4105181#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...