This was due to having a custom primary key class and specifying both <prim-key-class> and <primkey-field> in the ejb-jar.xml
Once I removed the <primkey-field>, it deployed without a problem. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Shoemaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Orion-Interest" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: "Variable contained illegal space" Error on CMP Bean deploy???? > Anyone run into this error? What does it mean? > > Thanks > Mike > >