Sorry, but the answer Ed gave is the correct one.... actions are java classes and in those you can do (almost ) everything you can do from normal java so this includes calling databases via jdbc with prepared statements stored procedures or whatever. My even shorter answer would have been: like you do from normal java Would you have been happier with that? The fact that you have problems getting into touch with jboss europe should *not* be directed at us, normal non-jboss affiliated people. So unless you come with questions like: anonymous wrote : I tried implementing an actionhandler that calls a stored procedure via jdbc and get this error. The code I use is this, the config is this and it does not do what I expect. The answer Ed gave is the best we can do in our spare time. Regardless of your priority or seriousness of a possible client. And we NEVER explicitly said to shut up, we never would. Things like RTFM/STFF or related comments will come by now and then and with good reason. Your reaction on the other hand is typical: http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=BadPosts http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4006296#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...