"PeterJ" wrote : I assume that you configured a *-ds.xml file to connect to Oracle. What username and password did you provide in that file? Is it a valid Oracle username and password? =============== Yes, valid username/password created using sqlplus with all necessary permissions - 1. CREATE SESSION 2. CREATE TABLE 3. CREATE SEQUENCE =============== Here's the *-ds.xml file - $ cat portal-oracle-ds.xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <local-tx-datasource> <jndi-name>PortalDS</jndi-name> <connection-url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@lp-nvijayapuram:1521:sainaga</connecti on-url> <driver-class>oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver</driver-class> <user-name>jbossportal</user-name> jbossportal </local-tx-datasource> ================================================ Question: This particular line in setup/portal-oracle-ds.xml surprised me, as I not used to seeing un/pw between 'thin:' and '@host', so took off the 'un/pw' in my *-ds.xml file as listed above. $ grep thin portal-oracle-ds.xml <connection-url>jdbc:oracle:thin:SYSTEM/password@localhost:1521:orcl</connec tion-url> ================ View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4192305#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...