i believe if you want to access resources that exist outside of the app. server's container you should use JCA. View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4100339#4100339 Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&p=4100339