just declare something like this: def dataSource or DataSource dataSource in your controller and dataSource will be injected to you controller of type (java.sql.DataSource). You can do whatever you would like with it. On 9/23/07, jnusaira <online@...> wrote: > > > I was curious how do you create just plane jane SQL Queries inside your > controllers? > > Not HQL ones, but SQL? I am assu