Might be that you have duplicate configs. The hibernate config file should point to JbpmDS, that is the default with the latest versions. But since JbpmDS is not there it and data IS inserted, it probably is pointing directly to the database. There should be a jbpm-ds.xml file pointing to the database and the hibernate config pointing to this datasource. please check those View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4142853#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...