Hi Hope someone can help me out with this problem. I have datasource definitions in the *-ds.xml which is deployed in the default/deploy folder of Jboss. Now i want to use these datasource in my web app, so i have a jboss-web.xml file which looks as follows: jboss-web.xml <resource-ref> <res-ref-name>jdbc/questionnaire_DS</res-ref-name> <res-type>javax.sql.DataSource</res-type> <jndi-name>java:jdbc/questionnaire_DS</jndi-name> </resource-ref> I want to use ResourceLink in the in the META-INF/context.xml to define the link to the jndi as follows: META-INF/context.xml When i startup the application. i get the Exception saying the deployment scanner was looking for the res-ref in the web.xml. If i put the <resource-ref> ... in web.xml it works. But is there a way to make it Read the context.xml file instead of complaining View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4136525#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...