JPA supports native named queries using @NamedNativeQuery annotation. You can use JDBC with this approach. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=3997268#3997268 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=3997268