com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The TCP/IP connection to the host localhost, port 1433 has failed. Error: "Connection refused: connect. Verify the connection properties. Make sure that an instance of SQL Server is running on the host and accepting TCP/IP connections at the port. Make sure that TCP connections to the port are not blocked by a firewall.".
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDriverError(SQLServerException.java:191)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.ConvertConnectExceptionToSQLServerException(SQLServerException.java:242)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SocketFinder.findSocket(IOBuffer.java:2369)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.TDSChannel.open(IOBuffer.java:551)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(SQLServerConnection.java:1963)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.login(SQLServerConnection.java:1628)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectInternal(SQLServerConnection.java:1459)
I'm facing this exception after I tried to connect with my driver through the new database profile. The information I have was correct and the TCP port was enabled and the firewall was turned off. I'm using Microsoft SQL server 2008 JDBC driver and I've added the jars.