what's hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto set to? you could also check jboss/server/default/log/server.txt which may have more info about the errors. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4061314#4061314 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4061314