I had it working last night and it is exactly what you are said... I missed the DocType in my SQLMap.xml... I have the book iBatis in Action and the solution is "staring" at me right in front of my face and I missed it ... ;-( Thanks to all that reply to my post... Tony
-----Original Message----- From: Leucht, Axel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:13 AM To: user-java@ibatis.apache.org Subject: AW: Need Help in iBatis Configuration Your sqlMap file should read like this <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE sqlMap PUBLIC "-//ibatis.apache.org//DTD SQL Map 2.0//EN" "http://ibatis.apache.org/dtd/sql-map-2.dtd"> <sqlMap> <Your sql statements> </sqlMap> whereas your SqlMapconfig should read like <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE sqlMapConfig PUBLIC "-//ibatis.apache.org//DTD SQL Map Config 2.0//EN" "http://ibatis.apache.org/dtd/sql-map-config-2.dtd"> <sqlMapConfig> <your sql map files> </sqlMapConfig> I recommend reading the documentation like http://ibatis.apache.org/docs/java/pdf/iBATIS-SqlMaps-2-Tutorial_en.pdf /Axel