do we know for sure he is using hibernate? If that is the case then use this sample hibernate.cfg.xml
<?xml version="1.0"> <!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN" "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration- 3.0.dtd"> <hibernate-configuration> <session-factory> <property name="connection.username">uid</property> <property name="connection.password">pwd</property> <property name="connection.url"> jdbc:mysql://localhost/db </property> <property name="connection.driver_class"> com.mysql.jdbc.Driver </property> <property name="dialect"> org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect </property> </session-factory> </hibernate-configuration you need to config driver,url,username.password and dialect attributes Its that simple.. M- This e-mail communication and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information for the use of the designated recipients named above. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, disclosure, dissemination, distribution or copying of it or its contents ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Schultz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:15 PM Subject: Re: jvm thread dump