Thanks. I didn't get too far with that either: anonymous wrote : $ ant create-db | Buildfile: build.xml | | prepare-build-dirs: | | prepare-database-properties: | [delete] Deleting: /home/rich/.programming/java/ejb3-project/build/database.properties | | create-db: | | BUILD FAILED | /home/rich/.programming/java/ejb3-project/build.xml:399: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.MySQLSyntaxErrorException: Unknown database 'ejb3-project' | | Total time: 0 seconds Tell it to create the database and it complains it's unknown? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4037679#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...