Hi Im Working in JBoss portals .. i want to connect to the database. for that i was created *-ds.xml file .. with in that i mentioned database stuff.. then i was called that the JNDI name in my portlet like in myportlet.xml InitialContext ctxt = new InitialContext(); DataSource ds = (DataSource)ctxt.lookup("PortalDS"); Connection conn = ds.getConnection(); in oracle-ds.xml <local-tx-datasource> <jndi-name>PortalDS</jndi-name> <connection-url>jdbc:oracle:thin:@10.43.68.23:1621:MDBDATA</connection-url> tell me what to do in web.xml and in the remaining files(jboss-web.xml) here im getting javax.naming.nanenotfound Exception.. plz send me quick reply.. Thanx in Advance View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3991637#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...