Hi, In the org.jboss.pool.connector.XAConnectionManager AllocateConnection method, line 64 con = (ManagedConnection)pool.getObject(new ConnectionParameters(subj, info)); a connection is retrieved from the pool and accepted without further inquiry. However, in j2ee_connector-1_0-pfd2-spec.pfd, section 5.8.2 Scenario: Connection Matching, it appears to me to indicate that the the application server/pool should select a set of candidate managed connections from the pool, and use the matchManagedConnections method on the ManagedConnectionFactory to actually pick the one to use. (a) Anyone (toby?) agree with me? (b) Anyone working on this? a &!b => I will work on a patch. Thanks david jencks _______________________________________________ Jboss-development mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-development