select car from Car where vin=:vin should be: select car from Car car where vin=:vin View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3961666#3961666 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3961666