As Murphy would have it, the solution came only after sending a message to the list.
The solution to this problem is that the package hierarchy mapping to your merge file must be duplicated underneath the merge directory. So if you have org.blah.foo and you want to have hibernate-properties-foo.xml, you need to have the file there set up as ${merge.dir}/org.blah/hibernate-properties-foo.xml. Maybe I am the last person to know this... lol... best, -b ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by: Free pre-built ASP.NET sites including Data Reports, E-commerce, Portals, and Forums are available now. Download today and enter to win an XBOX or Visual Studio .NET. http://aspnet.click-url.com/go/psa00100003ave/direct;at.aspnet_072303_01/01 _______________________________________________ hibernate-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hibernate-devel