Our database is created by openjpa, so there is no need for running a create script before executing. The point is that we now need to use some database views. This leads to a few points: * How to hook the view creation together with other tables in openjpa? * The first time the application runs, as the view will be mapped into an entity, openjpa will try creating a table for it. How to prevent this? Tks. -- Luis Fernando Planella Gonzalez