I'm using Hibernate 3 with Eclipse 3.4.1 and JBoss Tools 3.0.0

I'm connecting to a local MySQL database using the following URL:
jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/TEST

The above works, and I can use HQL editor and execute queries etc.

However when I change the URL to point to a remote database server, I get a JDBC exception when I try to expand the Database node in Hibernate Tools Configuration window. The exception is :



When I revert to using localhost (after shutting down my locally running MySQL) and use SSH tunneling, it once again works.

Is there some configuration that I need to put either in Hibernate Tools or Eclipse in order for it to be able to reach the remote database server?

In Eclipse, I checked Windows->Preferences->General->Network Connections and it's set to "Direct connection to the Internet" which is correct for my configuration.

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Turns out, when I was at my work location where the problem was occurring, I had my Firewall s/w shutdown.

When I turned it back on, Eclipse was able to access the remote databases just fine.

So a configuration problem on my end, nothing to do with either Eclipse or Hibernate Tools.

yeah, firewalls can be annoying sometimes ;)

Thanks for letting us know what caused it.