Weston: You are absolutely 100% right, but somehow I think you knew that--- :-) The -ds.xml was incorrect. There is not such property as a URL or Port for that matter. I knew I was jumping to conclusions almost immediately as I hit the submit button. Here the the new -ds.xml | <datasources> | <xa-datasource> | <jndi-name>jdbc/pidbdev</jndi-name> | <track-connection-by-tx/> | <isSameRM-override-value>false</isSameRM-override-value> | <xa-datasource-class>com.microsoft.jdbcx.sqlserver.SQLServerDataSource</xa-datasource-class> | <xa-datasource-property name="ServerName">me_server</xa-datasource-property> | <xa-datasource-property name="DatabaseName">me_db</xa-datasource-property> | <xa-datasource-property name="SelectMethod">cursor</xa-datasource-property> | <xa-datasource-property name="User">p1</xa-datasource-property> | <xa-datasource-property name="Password">p1</xa-datasource-property> | <min-pool-size>5</min-pool-size> | <max-pool-size>20</max-pool-size> | <metadata> | <type-mapping>MS SQLSERVER2000</type-mapping> | </metadata> | <check-valid-connection-sql>SELECT * FROM invalidate</check-valid-connection-sql> | </xa-datasource> | </datasources> | I am getting into the database and things are working! Thank you for being so gracious!!!!! I have the logging set to TRACE hoping I spot anything that would tell me I don't have the server setup properly. I am getting this WARNING. I am not sure what it means in SQL Server. | 15:14:16,269 WARN [TransactionImpl] XAException: tx=TransactionImpl:XidImpl[FormatId=257, GlobalId=rray-wxp/1, BranchQual=, localId=1] errorCode=XAER_RMERR | javax.transaction.xa.XAException: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC][SQLServer]xa_commit (40000000) returns -4 | at com.microsoft.jdbcx.sqlserver.SQLServerImplXAResource.executeXaRpc(Unknown Source) | Would you have any thoughts on this area? Thanks so much on this.......I am so new to JBoss; I would have been here alot longer had I not been coached to *READ* the documentation throughly. :-) Russ View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3987106#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...