Cannot connect java to mysql server 2000

Question

I was unable to connect to the mysql server 2000 with the jcreator.
The following exception was thrown:
java.net.SocketException
MESSAGE: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
STACKTRACE:
java.net.SocketException: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect at com.mysql.jdbs.StandardSocketFactory.connect<StandardSocketFactory.java:156?
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.<init><MysqlIO.java:284>
** END NESTED EXCEPTION **
and the code i used was :
package com.stardeveloper.example;
import java.sql.*;
public class JCustomer {
public static void main(String args[]) {
Connection con = null;
try {
Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql:///Customer", "user", " ");
if(!con.isClosed())
System.out.println("Successfully connected to MySQL server...");
} catch(Exception e) {
System.err.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
} finally {
try {
if(con != null)
con.close();
} catch(SQLException e) {}
I donot have any user and pwd for the MYsql server, it is local host connection and window authentication is used.

Answer 1

eventhough it is local ,you may need to specify dns/localhost/ip with port number.
otherwise you can use myODBC driver which is freely available in mysql website. you can connect to the database using Data source Name, just like using any other ODBC connectivity.