Hi Thomas Can you please find out if your code is reading the correct drl file ? Is your drl file loaded properly. I got the same error when I was trying to load a file from a dir and forgot to add drl file in that dir ? Thanks Gaurav --- On Mon, 6/30/08, thomas kukofka <thomaskukofka(a)web.de&gt; wrote: From: thomas kukofka <thomaskukofka(a)web.de&gt; Subject: [rules-users] Unexpected global error To: rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 5:37 PM Hello, I get this exception: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.RuntimeException: Unexpected global [service] That's the global declaration in the drl: global java.util.HashMap service And ther I set teh global in teh Java-class: HashMap<String, AIOObject> service = new HashMap<String, AIOObject>();    workingMemory.setGlobal("service", service); Appreciate your help! Kind Regards Thomas _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users