this is my client: try { InitialContext initialContext = new InitialContext(); Object ref = initialContext.lookup( "DefaultDS"); // i have also tried "java:/DefaultDS" //that line causes an exception. I also tried: //DataSource ds = (DataSource)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(ref, DataSource.class); //DataSource datasource = (DataSource) initialContext.lookup("java:/DefaultDS"); } catch (NamingException ne) { System.out.println("monster Booooyaaa!!! :( :( :("); System.out.println(ne); } _______________________________________________ JBoss-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jboss-user