From AdjListJDBCCacheLoaderConfig.setProperties(): prop = props.getProperty("cache.jdbc.table.drop"); this.dropTable = (prop == null || Boolean.valueOf(prop)); Surely this isn't intended? The impact of this is that if someone using a JDBCCacheLoader doesn't specify cache.jdbc.table.drop = false, the table is dropped every time the cache is stopped!! So much for persistent state! :-) Thoughts? -- Manik Surtani Lead, JBoss Cache JBoss, a division of Red Hat