Just for a follow up, it does work with my 2.0 descriptions. Am I missing something with my 3.0 annotations? ejb-jar.xml | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> | <!DOCTYPE ejb-jar PUBLIC "-//Sun Microsystems, Inc.//DTD Enterprise JavaBeans 2.0//EN" | "http://java.sun.com/dtd/ejb-jar_2_0.dtd"> | <ejb-jar> | <description>Message Driven Bean</description> | <display-name>Statements Message Driven Bean</display-name> | | <!--Define our EJBs--> | <enterprise-beans> | <!-- Define our MDB for statements--> | <message-driven> | <description> | Bean to access messages statement input queue | </description> | <display-name>Statement Bean</display-name> | | <ejb-name>ejb/StatementBean</ejb-name> | | <ejb-class> | com.purdueefcu.statements.mdb.StatementMessageDrivenBean | </ejb-class> | | <transaction-type>Container</transaction-type> | <acknowledge-mode>AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE</acknowledge-mode> | <message-driven-destination> | <destination-type>javax.jms.Queue</destination-type> | </message-driven-destination> | <resource-ref> | <res-ref-name>statmentinput</res-ref-name> | <res-type>javax.jms.QueueConnectionFactory</res-type> | <res-auth>Container</res-auth> | </resource-ref> | | | </message-driven> | </enterprise-beans> | | <!-- make our EJB an XA transaction --> | <assembly-descriptor> | <container-transaction> | <method> | <ejb-name>ejb/StatementBean</ejb-name> | <method-name>*</method-name> | </method> | <trans-attribute>Required</trans-attribute> | </container-transaction> | </assembly-descriptor> | </ejb-jar> | | jboss.xml | <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' ?> | <!DOCTYPE jboss PUBLIC | "-//JBoss//DTD JBOSS 4.0//EN" | "http://www.jboss.org/j2ee/dtd/jboss_4_0.dtd"> | | <jboss> | <enterprise-beans> | <message-driven> | <ejb-name>ejb/StatementBean</ejb-name> | <destination-jndi-name>queue/StatementInput</destination-jndi-name> | <resource-ref> | <res-ref-name>statmentinput</res-ref-name> | <jndi-name>ConnectionFactory</jndi-name> | </resource-ref> | </message-driven> | </enterprise-beans> | </jboss> | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4068816#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...