btw ... i switched to using DefaultDS instead of a specific database ... and it seemed to work. any idea why that owuld be? View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3990864#3990864 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3990864