I haven't used those portlets so I cannot comment on whether that is all the code you need or not. You can place both portlets into a single project. To configure a database for Portal see http://docs.jboss.com/jbportal/v2.7.1/referenceGuide/html/installation.ht... Accessing a database within a portlet is no different from accessing a database within any other app deployed to the app server. Specifically how you go about it depends on the data access technology (i.e., JPA, Hibernate, JDBC). However, I recommend that you do not use the same database used by the Portal, you should create a separate database and a separate *-ds.xml file to access it. View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4255778#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...