IN THE CONTEXTLISTENER LIKE THIS : public class StartUpListener implements ServletContextListener{ public void contextDestroyed(ServletContextEvent arg0) { } public void contextInitialized(ServletContextEvent arg0) { try { InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(); HibernateUtil h = new HibernateUtil(); h.Init(); SessionFactory newsf = h.sf; SessionFactory oldsf = (SessionFactory)ctx.lookup("hibernateJNDI"); System.out.println("bind hibernateJNDI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`"); if(oldsf!=null) ctx.rebind("hibernateJNDI", newsf); else ctx.bind("hibernateJNDI", newsf); } catch (NamingException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } } View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4160878#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...