sorry forgot to mention environment details JBoss Portal Version: jboss-portal-2.7.0.GA Did you get Portal from CVS? or download it?: Download JBoss AS Version: i downloaded bundled version of JBP Database Vendor and Version: Oracle Database 10g Enterprise Edition Release 10.2.0.2.0 JDBC Connector and Version: Oracle JDBC Driver version - 9.0.2.0.0 OS Platform: Mac OS X 10.5.6,i386 View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4205157#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...