hi
i m using this code to connect to
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:sqlserver://"+
"localhost:1433;databaseName=dbcheck;",
"sa","");
and i m recieving the exception of Connection refused with exception
com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The TCP/IP connection to the host has failed. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDriverError(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.loginWithoutFailover(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
at DbCheck.<init>(DbCheck.java:15)
at DbCheck.main(DbCheck.java:45)
java.lang.NullPointerException
at DbCheck.fun(DbCheck.java:28)
at DbCheck.main(DbCheck.java:46)
Exception in thread "main"
