This problem went away from I upgraded from Firebird 1.5 to Firebird 2.0. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4004950#4004950 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4004950