You'll need to ask this in a hibernate forum, but, IIRC, import.sql is always run on any PC in create mode. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4071106#4071106 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4071106