the 1st and 2nd rows are debug prints. You see the statement which causes the error ... stmt.executeQuery(sql) The next lines are the usualy printed debuggings from jboss startup. anonymous wrote : 09:37:22,436 INFO [STDOUT] SearchTools.executeQuery() connection.createStatement() | 09:37:22,436 INFO [STDOUT] SearchTools.executeQuery() stmt.executeQuery(query) | Error 8. Lost connection to server | 09:37:25,272 INFO [Server] Starting JBoss (MX MicroKernel)... | 09:37:25,272 INFO [Server] Release ID: JBoss [Trinity] 4.2.2.GA (build: SVNTag=JBoss_4_2_2_GA date= | 200710221139) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4164406#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...