The ConnectionFactory is bound to the global jndi namespace. Looking up "ConnectionFactory" should have returned you the connection factory. Is that all you see in the exception stacktrace or is there more in the stacktrace? If so, please post the entire exception stacktrace anonymous wrote : by the way, how do we move them datasources to global namespaces? http://wiki.jboss.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=HowCanIAccessADataSourceFromAClient Make sure you read the note mentioned in bold, there. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4065557#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...