Sounds like you need to grab a tutorial or book from somewhere. I know that the book JBoss at Work (http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596007348/) has an entire chapter on database access in JBoss AS. That book is based on 4.0.2, but the database access is still valid in 4.2.x and 5.0. Also, perhaps one of the wiki pages on setting up a data source would help you: http://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-12244 And then there are the docs: http://www.jboss.org/file-access/default/members/jbossas/freezone/docs/Se... View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4213780#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...