Question

my sql server instance name is MYPC\SQLEXPRESS and I’m trying to create a jTDS connection string to connect to the database ‘Blog’. Can anyone please help me accomplish that?

I’m trying to do like this:

DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://127.0.0.1:1433/Blog", "user", "password");

and I get this:

 java.sql.SQLException: Network error IOException: Connection refused: connect
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.<init>(ConnectionJDBC2.java:395)
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC3.<init>(ConnectionJDBC3.java:50)
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver.connect(Driver.java:184)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
    at SqlConnection.Connect(SqlConnection.java:19)
    at main.main(main.java:11)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.createSocketForJDBC3(SharedSocket.java:305)
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.SharedSocket.<init>(SharedSocket.java:255)
    at net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.ConnectionJDBC2.<init>(ConnectionJDBC2.java:323)
    ... 6 more

Answer 1

As detailed in the jTDS Frequenlty Asked Questions, the URL format for jTDS is:

jdbc:jtds:<server_type>://<server>[:<port>][/<database>][;<property>=<value>[;...]]

So, to connect to a database called “Blog” hosted by a MS SQL Server running on MYPC, you may end up with something like this:

jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYPC:1433/Blog;instance=SQLEXPRESS;user=sa;password=s3cr3t

Or, if you prefer to use getConnection(url, "sa", "s3cr3t"):

jdbc:jtds:sqlserver://MYPC:1433/Blog;instance=SQLEXPRESS

EDIT: Regarding your Connection refused error, double check that you’re running SQL Server on port 1433, that the service is running and that you don’t have a firewall blocking incoming connections.