Hi Maik, <property name="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto" value="validate"/> This will validate your schema only. Bye Dalibor View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4013483#4013483 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4013483