Perhaps the server is behind a firewall ?
Make sure that port 3306 on the machine that is running mysqld is open.
stijn
shiv juluru wrote:
> Hello,
> I am using jdk 1.3 and mysql 4.1.8 and j/connector 2x
> i am getting the following error when i run my java program
>
> " Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on
> localhost:3306? "
>
> my mysql server is running on port 3306 it's sure,
>
> could u plz tell me is mysql 4.1.8 version is support j/connector 2.x
> or is it problem with jdk 1.3 version,is it need to upgrade my jdk1.3
>
> plz . this is somewhat urgent,
> can anybody help me?
> thanks in advance
> shiva kumar j
>
>
>
>
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