I'm looking into using orion to talk with a mySQL database that already exists (actually will exist). Is there a 'correct' way to map EJB's to existing tables (or any tools)? Or do I just create EJB's with the same name(s) and have persistent members that match the names of the existing table fields? Example table below: CREATE TABLE news ( title TEXT NOT NULL, linktext TEXT, sm_date VARCHAR(12) NOT NULL, sm_time TIME NOT NULL, ctprovider VARCHAR(255), copyright VARCHAR(255), author VARCHAR(255), body TEXT NOT NULL, photo_count VARCHAR(12), doc_id VARCHAR(255), rev_id INT, abstract TEXT, filter VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY ) Thanks Jason Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED]