sorry misunderstood, i tried without java: but still it doe not work, i get the same error AlarmMgrConnectionFactory not bound please see the below code Properties properties = new Properties(); | properties.put(Context.INITIAL_CONTEXT_FACTORY, "org.jnp.interfaces.NamingContextFactory"); | properties.put(Context.URL_PKG_PREFIXES, "org.jnp.interfaces"); | properties.put(Context.PROVIDER_URL, "localhost:3099"); | InitialContext ctx = new InitialContext(properties); | Object obj = ctx.lookup("AlarmMgrConnectionFactory"); But in the server log file i see that AlarmMgrConnectionFactory jndiname is java:AlarmMgrConnectionFactory below are the lines from the log file 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.ConnectionFactoryBindingService] Binding object 'org.jboss.resource.adapter.jms.JmsConnectionFactoryImpl@c8f0a4' into JNDI at 'java:AlarmMgrConnectionFactory' | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 INFO [org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.ConnectionFactoryBindingService] Bound ConnectionManager 'jboss.jca:service=ConnectionFactoryBinding,name=AlarmMgrConnectionFactory' to JNDI name 'java:AlarmMgrConnectionFactory' | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.resource.connectionmanager.ConnectionFactoryBindingService] Started jboss.jca:service=ConnectionFactoryBinding,name=AlarmMgrConnectionFactory | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.system.ServiceController] Starting dependent components for: jboss.jca:service=ConnectionFactoryBinding,name=AlarmMgrConnectionFactory dependent components: [] | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.system.ServiceController] starting service jboss.jca:service=ConnectionFactoryBinding,name=AlarmMgrConnectionFactory | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.system.ServiceController] Ignoring start request for service: jboss.jca:service=ConnectionFactoryBinding,name=AlarmMgrConnectionFactory | 2006-12-09 03:18:37,501 DEBUG [org.jboss.system.ServiceController] starting service jboss.jca:service=TxCM,name=EventConnectionFactory View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3992350#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...