Also the connectionURL must not be prefixed or postfixed with whitespaces. There is a trim() missing I think. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4054306#4054306 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4054306