Hi all
Can anyone help me to configure Mysql with Eclipse I've got tomcat running fine but I can NOT seem to get Mysql going. I've put the mysql-connector-java-5.1.11-bin.jar in WebContent/WEB_INF/lib folder. I'm getting this error below; It's been three very long days
Your help will be much appreciated
Thanks
Zed
Code:
com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:532)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:406)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1119)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2257)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:784)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.JDBC4Connection.<init>(JDBC4Connection.java:46)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:532)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:406)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:354)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:284)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.drivers.jdbc.JDBCConnection.createConnection(JDBCConnection.java:206)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.internalCreateConnection(DriverConnectionBase.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.DriverConnectionBase.open(DriverConnectionBase.java:53)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.drivers.jdbc.JDBCConnection.open(JDBCConnection.java:72)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.enablement.internal.mysql.connection.JDBCMySQLConnectionFactory.createConnection(JDBCMySQLConnectionFactory.java:28)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionFactoryProvider.createConnection(ConnectionFactoryProvider.java:83)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.internal.ConnectionProfile.createConnection(ConnectionProfile.java:355)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.createTestConnection(PingJob.java:76)
	at org.eclipse.datatools.connectivity.ui.PingJob.run(PingJob.java:59)
	at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:55)
Caused by: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.CommunicationsException: Communications link failure

The last packet sent successfully to the server was 0 milliseconds ago. The driver has not received any packets from the server.
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:532)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Util.handleNewInstance(Util.java:406)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createCommunicationsException(SQLError.java:1119)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:343)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2178)
	... 19 more
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
	at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:310)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:176)
	at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:163)
	at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:384)
	at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:542)
	at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:492)
	at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:389)
	at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:232)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.StandardSocketFactory.connect(StandardSocketFactory.java:253)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init>(MysqlIO.java:292)
	... 20 more