I am using MS SQL 8.0 (2000) with the 2.6CR1 portal could it have something to do with this: 14:48:08,671 INFO [RepositoryImpl] Starting repository... 14:48:08,749 WARN [JDBCExceptionReporter] SQL Error: 0, SQLState: null 14:48:08,749 ERROR [JDBCExceptionReporter] Unknown parameter datatype:2004 14:48:08,764 ERROR [HibernateStore] failed to create folder entry: / org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: could not insert: [org.jboss.porta l.cms.hibernate.RepositoryEntry] at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException (SQLStateConverter.java:103) at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.j ava:91) at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelp er.java:43) at org.hibernate.id.insert.AbstractReturningDelegate.performInsert(Abstr actReturningDelegate.java:40) at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(Abstrac tEntityPersister.java:2093) at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(Abstrac tEntityPersister.java:2573) at org.hibernate.action.EntityIdentityInsertAction.execute(EntityIdentit yInsertAction.java:47) at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.execute(ActionQueue.java:248) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.performSaveOrReplic ate(AbstractSaveEventListener.java:290) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.performSave(Abstrac tSaveEventListener.java:180) at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedId (AbstractSaveEventListener.java:108) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.saveWithGene ratedOrRequestedId(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:186) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultSaveEventListener.saveWithGeneratedOrR equestedId(DefaultSaveEventListener.java:33) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.entityIsTran sient(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:175) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultSaveEventListener.performSaveOrUpdate( DefaultSaveEventListener.java:27) at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.onSaveOrUpda te(DefaultSaveOrUpdateEventListener.java:70) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.fireSave(SessionImpl.java:535) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:523) at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.save(SessionImpl.java:519) at org.jboss.portal.cms.hibernate.HibernateStore.createDeepFolder(Hibern ateStore.java:1517) at org.jboss.portal.cms.hibernate.HibernateStore.createDeepFolder(Hibern ateStore.java:1493) at org.jboss.portal.cms.hibernate.HibernateStore.createFolder(HibernateS tore.java:195) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl.(RepositoryImpl.java: 214) at org.apache.jackrabbit.core.RepositoryImpl.create(RepositoryImpl.java: 497) at org.jboss.portal.cms.impl.jcr.jackrabbit.JackrabbitJCRService.start(J ackrabbitJCRService.java:105) at org.jboss.portal.cms.impl.jcr.JCRCMS.startJCR(JCRCMS.java:334) at org.jboss.portal.cms.impl.jcr.JCRCMS.startService(JCRCMS.java:299) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanS upport.java:289) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:1 96) at org.jboss.portal.jems.as.system.AbstractJBossService.start(AbstractJB ossService.java:73) at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor20.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAcces sorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324) at org.jboss.portal.jems.as.system.JBossServiceModelMBean$ServiceMixin.e xecute(JBossServiceModelMBean.java:428) at org.jboss.portal.jems.as.system.JBossServiceModelMBean$ServiceMixin.s tartService(JBossServiceModelMBean.java:394) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.jbossInternalStart(ServiceMBeanS upport.java:289) at org.jboss.system.ServiceMBeanSupport.start(ServiceMBeanSupport.java:1 96) at org.jboss.portal.jems.as.system.JBossServiceModelMBean$5.invoke(JBoss ServiceModelMBean.java:316) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.dispatch(Invocation.java:94) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.AbstractInterceptor.invoke(AbstractIntercept or.java:133) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.interceptor.ModelMBeanOperationInterceptor.invoke(ModelM BeanOperationInterceptor.java:142) at org.jboss.mx.server.Invocation.invoke(Invocation.java:88) at org.jboss.mx.server.AbstractMBeanInvoker.invoke(AbstractMBeanInvoker. java:264) at org.jboss.mx.server.MBeanServerImpl.invoke(MBeanServerImpl.java:659) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController$ServiceProxy.invoke(ServiceControl ler.java:995) at $Proxy0.start(Unknown Source) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:417) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) at org.jboss.system.ServiceController.start(ServiceController.java:435) View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4041942#... 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