It was the firewall - I reconfigured MySQL using the wizard and checked the "Make firewall exception" - and it worked.
Thank you all for guidance. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Caldarale, Charles R < chuck.caldar...@unisys.com> wrote: > > From: David Smith [mailto:d...@cornell.edu] > > Subject: Re: Error connecting to MySQL > > > Suggests either a) the mysql server isn't running or b) it isn't > > listening on port 3306 of your localhost adapter. > > Or the ubiquitous Windows firewall is blocking access. > > - Chuck > > > THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY > MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its > attachments from all computers. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > >