No. Hibernate will create the tables for you if you use create-drop (and of course the user has permission to create tables). View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3983763#3983763 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3983763