I was finally able to get a connection using some different properties. Here's the jndi.propperties I am now using: anonymous wrote : java.naming.factory.initial=org.jboss.naming.HttpNamingContextFactory | java.naming.provider.url=http://localhost:8080/invoker/JNDIFactory | java.naming.factory.url.=org.jboss.naming.client Now, I'm getting: anonymous wrote : javax.naming.NameNotFoundException: OracleDS not bound even though the log during jboss startup says that it's bound: anonymous wrote : 11:33:47,819 INFO [ConnectionFactoryBindingService] Bound ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:service=DataSourceBinding,name=OracleDS' to JNDI name 'java:OracleDS' Plus, i have no problems when running the actual web application. It's only during integration tests where I'm outside the JBoss JVM that I am having this problem. So, I know the data source is bound and can be used without problems. Here's the code getting the DS: anonymous wrote : InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(); | javax.sql.DataSource ds = (javax.sql.DataSource) initialContext.lookup("java:OracleDS"); | Connection connection = ds.getConnection(); Ideas? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3968139#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...