I try to connect to sql server 2005 with hibernate but it seem it has a problem, I wrote .cfg.xml file but it shown me an error about hibernate.proprties, I undersood that these two ways to connect with hibernate, then I wrote the hibernate.proprties file:

hibernate.connection.username=USER-8E1B173EC4\User
hibernate.connection.password=
hibernate.connection.url=jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433;DatabaseName=Babies
hibernate.connection.driver_class=net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver
hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect

the hibernate .cfg.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC

"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"

"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://localhost:1433;DatabaseName=Babies</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.username">USER-8E1B173EC4\User</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password"></property>
<property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.SQLServerDialect</property>
<!-- Mapping files -->
<property name="show_sql">true</property>
<mapping resource="Test.hbm.xml?"/>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

and then I have this error:

java.sql.SQLException: Network error IOException: Connection refused: connect

this is the same error when I tried to connect to sql server through java code directly, and the same error message then.

what is worng here? someone has a guide that explain how to connect the sql server through hibernate step by step, because I didn't found in the net.
I use the jTDS driver 1.2.5

thanks for the help!

check port and credentials to access your database without hibernate: database is refusing connection, doesn't look like a hibernate problem, unless you misspelled credentials / jdbc url