For some reason I am unable to connect to the sql server test instance installed on a network server, though I can go into it directly via management studio. Below are the connection properties that I currently have set up for trying to connect to and use the MS pubs test database:
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">*********</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">*******</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:sqlserver://testsystem/pubs</property>
So I guessing that I probably have something wrong with the way one or more of the property elements if formatted. One thing I have noticed is that during execution my normal 7-character password always shows up in the console log as four masked characters, but I'm not sure if that might be a way to help maintain the security of passwords or not. I would appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks.