Yes.. of course, you need to configure the hibernate.cfg.xml file to connect to you database that have the jBPM schema. You can do that in the following way, if you are in a standalone application with a postgreSQL DB: | <!-- hibernate dialect --> | <property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.PostgreSQLDialect</property> | | <!-- JDBC connection properties (begin) --> | <property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">org.postgresql.Driver</property> | <property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/jbpm</property> | <property name="hibernate.connection.username">user</property> | <property name="hibernate.connection.password">password</property> | <!-- JDBC connection properties (end) --> | In the case that you are using jBPM in an Application Server you could look in my post: http://salaboy.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/jugando-con-jbpm-9-cambiando-de-d... View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4188206#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...