The jndi name can be anything. You just have to remember that name so that you can use it while looking up your datasource in the code. So if jndiname is: <jndi-name>xyz</jndi-name> Then your code to lookup the datasource (within the server) will be: | Context ctx = new InitialContext(); | DataSource ds = (DataSource) ctx.lookup("java:xyz"); View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4248471#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...