The hsqldb-ds.xml file included in the starter kit includes a commented-out line to set up the in-memory database: <connection-url>jdbc:hsqldb:.</connection-url> But I also did try replacing it with: <connection-url>jdbc:hsqldb:mem:.</connection-url> Both seem to work in terms of creating an HSQL instance. I assume it's in-memory because I don't think I can connect to it using the HSQL management client. However, my problem is that I don't know how to initialize this environment once it does get started. None of the tables are populated with the demo data, and without the client, I'm not sure I can manually insert or run scripts. I'm not even sure the jBPM tables have been created: during JBoss startup, all of the tables are reported as "not found" but I'm not sure if they've been created or not as part of startup. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3968639#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...