Konstantin, That is good advice... and it has got me past that issue. Only one left I think is that I did something wrong with my connections attributes.
org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection com.entercite.finance.persistence.exception.DataAccessLayerException org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection Stack Trace: * com.entercite.finance.persistence.abstrt.AbstractDao.handleException(AbstractDao.java:133) * com.entercite.finance.persistence.abstrt.AbstractDao.find(AbstractDao.java:90) * com.entercite.finance.persistence.LoginDaoImpl.find(LoginDaoImpl.java:21) * com.entercite.finance.model.abstrt.LoginComponent.isValidLogin(LoginComponent.java:55) * com.entercite.finance.model.abstrt.LoginComponent.doLogin(LoginComponent.java:35) My hibernate.cfg.xml looks like this: <!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd"> <hibernate-configuration> <session-factory> <property name="connection.username">root</property> <property name="connection.password">xxx</property> <property name="connection.url">//localhost:3306/budget</property> <property name="connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property> <property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property> <mapping resource="com/entercite/finance/model/Login.hbm.xml"/> </session-factory> </hibernate-configuration> I am using mySQL and the Database is called budget... //localhost:3306/budget That should work yes? -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]