I'm new to the rules syntax and a bit frustrated with trying to learn it. I've reviewed the docs but keep running into the same issue. I have a parent object, Message, that contains an Order. An Order has a status that I want to test. So looking at the documentation and taking my best guess I've created a rule as follows: * rule * "Order not Accepted" *when* $m : Message( state == MessageState.RELEASING, order.requestStatus == RequestStatus.ACCEPT ) *then* *...* *end* The problem is that when I start my application I get a compilation error. Caused by: org.drools.rule.InvalidRulePackage: [54,48]: unknown:54:48 Unexpected token ','[54,70]: unknown:54:70 mismatched token: [@427,1915:1916='==',<75>,54:70]; expecting type LEFT_PAREN[54,95]: unknown:54:95 mismatched token: [@434,1940:1940=')',<37>,54:95]; expecting type LEFT_PAREN at org.drools.rule.Package.checkValidity( *Package.java:368*) So what am I missing? I know it has to be something simple with my understanding of the syntax. Thanks for the help... Chris Mathrusse christopher.mathrusse(a)sybase.com (925) 236-5553 _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users