Strange...I just downloaded it again from jboss.org and it does not contain a hibernate-client.jar in its /client folder. I used the patch1 installer to install a separate jboss and selected the "ejb3" profile. The resulting installation DID contain a hibernate-client.jar. But the standard zip distribution does not. Anyway...I just copied it over and am happy now... thx for the reply! View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3962529#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...