Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?

[Vinod Vinu]

Iam working on a web application using struts, spring and hibernate. Iam using DI of spring.
Whenever i try to connect to mysql, it displays me the following below error. But when i use to connect to sql server 2005 by just changing the driver class, dialect properties, etc it works well.

Iam getting the following error:-

   
Create Action Called
URL >> /registerEmp.do
EIN 1
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter logExceptions
WARNING: SQL Error: 0, SQLState: null
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter logExceptions
SEVERE: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter logExceptions
WARNING: SQL Error: 0, SQLState: null
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.hibernate.util.JDBCExceptionReporter logExceptions
SEVERE: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener performExecutions
SEVERE: Could not synchronize database state with session
org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection
	at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException(SQLStateConverter.java:103)
	at org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:91)
	at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)
	at org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:29)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:426)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:144)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:94)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:87)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareBatchStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:222)
	at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2224)
	at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2660)
	at org.hibernate.action.EntityInsertAction.execute(EntityInsertAction.java:52)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.execute(ActionQueue.java:248)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:232)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:139)
	at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:298)
	at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:27)
	at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:1000)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.flushIfNecessary(HibernateAccessor.java:390)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateTemplate.java:374)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.save(HibernateTemplate.java:639)
	at dao.EmployeeDAOImpl.save(EmployeeDAOImpl.java:20)
	at action.CreateAction.execute(CreateAction.java:54)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.init(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:283)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:271)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:255)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnection(DriverManagerDataSource.java:236)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.getConnection(LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.java:82)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:423)
	... 38 more
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader loadBeanDefinitions
INFO: Loading XML bean definitions from class path resource [org/springframework/jdbc/support/sql-error-codes.xml]
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodesFactory <init>
INFO: SQLErrorCodes loaded: [DB2, Derby, H2, HSQL, Informix, MS-SQL, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, Sybase]
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodesFactory getErrorCodes
WARNING: Error while extracting database product name - falling back to empty error codes
org.springframework.jdbc.support.MetaDataAccessException: Could not get Connection for extracting meta data; nested exception is org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.JdbcUtils.extractDatabaseMetaData(JdbcUtils.java:198)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.JdbcUtils.extractDatabaseMetaData(JdbcUtils.java:225)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodesFactory.getErrorCodes(SQLErrorCodesFactory.java:216)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodeSQLExceptionTranslator.setDataSource(SQLErrorCodeSQLExceptionTranslator.java:147)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.SQLErrorCodeSQLExceptionTranslator.<init>(SQLErrorCodeSQLExceptionTranslator.java:110)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.SessionFactoryUtils.newJdbcExceptionTranslator(SessionFactoryUtils.java:143)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.getDefaultJdbcExceptionTranslator(HibernateAccessor.java:453)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.convertHibernateAccessException(HibernateAccessor.java:410)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateTemplate.java:378)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.save(HibernateTemplate.java:639)
	at dao.EmployeeDAOImpl.save(EmployeeDAOImpl.java:20)
	at action.CreateAction.execute(CreateAction.java:54)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: org.springframework.jdbc.CannotGetJdbcConnectionException: Could not get JDBC Connection; nested exception is java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.getConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:82)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.support.JdbcUtils.extractDatabaseMetaData(JdbcUtils.java:185)
	... 31 more
Caused by: java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.init(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:283)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:271)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:255)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnection(DriverManagerDataSource.java:236)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.doGetConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:113)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceUtils.getConnection(DataSourceUtils.java:79)
	... 32 more
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor processException
WARNING: Unhandled Exception thrown: class org.springframework.jdbc.UncategorizedSQLException
Nov 30, 2009 9:06:28 AM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet action threw exception
java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
	at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.init(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.jdbc2.Connection.connectionInit(Unknown Source)
	at com.mysql.jdbc.Driver.connect(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(Unknown Source)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:283)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:271)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnectionFromDriverManager(DriverManagerDataSource.java:255)
	at org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource.getConnection(DriverManagerDataSource.java:236)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.getConnection(LocalDataSourceConnectionProvider.java:82)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:423)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:144)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:94)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:87)
	at org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareBatchStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:222)
	at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2224)
	at org.hibernate.persister.entity.AbstractEntityPersister.insert(AbstractEntityPersister.java:2660)
	at org.hibernate.action.EntityInsertAction.execute(EntityInsertAction.java:52)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.execute(ActionQueue.java:248)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:232)
	at org.hibernate.engine.ActionQueue.executeActions(ActionQueue.java:139)
	at org.hibernate.event.def.AbstractFlushingEventListener.performExecutions(AbstractFlushingEventListener.java:298)
	at org.hibernate.event.def.DefaultFlushEventListener.onFlush(DefaultFlushEventListener.java:27)
	at org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.flush(SessionImpl.java:1000)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateAccessor.flushIfNecessary(HibernateAccessor.java:390)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.execute(HibernateTemplate.java:374)
	at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate.save(HibernateTemplate.java:639)
	at dao.EmployeeDAOImpl.save(EmployeeDAOImpl.java:20)
	at action.CreateAction.execute(CreateAction.java:54)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:431)
	at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
	at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:710)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:803)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:269)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:188)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:213)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:117)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:108)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:174)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:874)
	at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11BaseProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11BaseProtocol.java:665)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.PoolTcpEndpoint.processSocket(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:528)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.runIt(LeaderFollowerWorkerThread.java:81)
	at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:689)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
 

Following is my applicationContext.xml:-

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE beans PUBLIC
    "-//SPRING//DTD BEAN//EN"
    "http://www.springframework.org/dtd/spring-beans.dtd">
    
<beans>

   	<!--  Bean for creating  db source object passing db info -->
   <bean id="dbSource" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DriverManagerDataSource" >
         <property name="driverClassName">
             <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
         </property>         
         <property name="url">
             <value>jdbc:mysql://localhost/company</value>
         </property>         
         <property name="username">
         <value>root</value>
         </property>                
         <property name="password">
         <value>password</value>
         </property>         
   </bean>       

  <!-- Creating Transaction Manager Object -->
  <bean id="txManager" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
    <property name="sessionFactory">
     <ref bean="sFactory"/>
    </property>  
  </bean>
  
  <!-- Creating the Session Factory Object -->
  <bean id="sFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="dataSource">
    <ref bean="dbSource"/>
    </property>
    
      <!-- Hibernate Dialect Information -->
       <property name="hibernateProperties">
         <props>
             <prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
             <prop key="hibernate.cache.provider_class">org.hibernate.cache.EhCacheProvider</prop>
             <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
			 <prop key="hibernate.format_sql">true</prop>
			 <prop key="hibernate.cache.use_query_cache">true</prop>
			 <prop key="hibernate.bytecode.use_reflection_optimizer">true</prop>
         </props>      
       </property>
       
       
      <!-- List of HBM Files --> 
      <property name="mappingResources">
        <list>
           <value>model/employee.hbm.xml</value>
        </list>      
      </property>      
  </bean>
  
     <!-- Creating Hibernate Template Object -->     
     <bean id="hibernateTemplate" class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTemplate">
       <property name="sessionFactory">
         <ref bean="sFactory"/>
       </property>       
     </bean>


    <!-- List DAO Created by the Programmer -->
    <bean name="empDao" class="dao.EmployeeDAOImpl">
       <property name="sessionFactory">
			<ref bean="sFactory" />
		</property>
		<property name="hibernateTemplate">
			<ref bean="hibernateTemplate" />
		</property>    
    </bean>
        <bean name="loginDao" class="dao.LoginDAOImpl">
       <property name="sessionFactory">
			<ref bean="sFactory" />
		</property>
		<property name="hibernateTemplate">
			<ref bean="hibernateTemplate" />
		</property>    
    </bean>

</beans>       

web.xml:-

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app id="WebApp_ID" version="2.4" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee/web-app_2_4.xsd">
	<display-name>SpringSample1</display-name>
	<welcome-file-list>
		<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
	</welcome-file-list>
	

<context-param>
		<description>Context file location for ContextLoaderListener</description>
		<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/applicationContext.xml</param-value>
</context-param>	


<servlet>
		<servlet-name>context</servlet-name>
		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderServlet</servlet-class>
		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>


	
<servlet>
  <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
  <servlet-class>org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet</servlet-class>
 <init-param>
  <param-name>config</param-name>
  <param-value>/WEB-INF/struts-config.xml</param-value>
 </init-param>
 <load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>

<servlet-mapping>
 <servlet-name>action</servlet-name>
 <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>

<!--  
<servlet>
        <servlet-name>AJAXCheckUserServlet</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>AJAXCheckUserServlet</servlet-class>
    </servlet>
    <servlet-mapping>
        <servlet-name>AJAXCheckUserServlet</servlet-name>
        <url-pattern>/AJAXCheckUserServlet</url-pattern>
    </servlet-mapping>

-->

<!-- 
<filter>
 <description>
      Servlet 2.3 Filter that binds a Hibernate Session to the thread
      for the entire processing of the request. Intended for the "Open
      Session in View" pattern, i.e. to allow for lazy loading in web
      views despite the original transactions already being completed.
 </description>
		<display-name>Open-session-in-view filter</display-name>
		<filter-name>HibernateFilter</filter-name>
		<filter-class>
			org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter</filter-class>
		<init-param>
			<param-name>sFactory</param-name>
			<param-value>sFactory</param-value>
		</init-param>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
		<filter-name>HibernateFilter</filter-name>
		<url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
 -->


<taglib>
 <taglib-uri>/tags/struts-bean</taglib-uri>
 <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/taglib/struts-bean.tld</taglib-location> 
</taglib>

<taglib>
 <taglib-uri>/tags/struts-html</taglib-uri>
 <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/taglib/struts-html.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>

<taglib>
 <taglib-uri>/tags/struts-tiles</taglib-uri>
 <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/taglib/struts-tiles.tld</taglib-location>
</taglib>
 
<login-config>
		<auth-method>BASIC</auth-method>
</login-config>


	
</web-app>

  

struts-config.xml:-

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE struts-config PUBLIC
        "-//Apache Software Foundation//DTD Struts Configuration 1.2//EN"
        "http://struts.apache.org/dtds/struts-config_1_2.dtd">
        
<struts-config>

	<form-beans>
	<form-bean name="login" type="form.LoginForm"></form-bean>
	<form-bean name="register" type="form.CreateForm"></form-bean>
    <form-bean name="viewEmpForm" type="form.ViewEmployeeForm"></form-bean>
	</form-beans>

 	<action-mappings> 
 	
         <action path="/viewEmployee"
                 name="viewEmpForm"
                 validate="false"
                 scope="request"
                 type="action.ViewEmployeeAction"
                 input="/index.jsp">
          <forward name="success" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/view.jsp"/>         
          <forward name="failure" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/failure.jsp"/>     
         </action>     	
 	
 	     <action path="/back2home"
                 forward="/index.jsp"/>
                 
         <action path="/login"
                 forward="/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp"/>  
                 
         <action path="/loginInfo"
                 name="login"
                 validate="false"
                 scope="request"
                 type="action.LoginAction"
                 input="/WEB-INF/jsp/login.jsp">
         <forward name="success" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/success.jsp"/>
         <forward name="failure" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/failure.jsp"/>    
         </action>
            
         <action path="/signup"
                 forward="/WEB-INF/jsp/register.jsp"/>  
                 
         <action path="/registerForm"
                 input="/WEB-INF/jsp/register.jsp" />
                  
         <action path="/registerEmp"
                 name="register"
                 validate="false"
                 scope="request"
                 type="action.CreateAction"
                 input="/WEB-INF/jsp/register.jsp">
         <forward name="success" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/success.jsp"/>
         <forward name="failure" path="/WEB-INF/jsp/failure.jsp"/>    
         </action>                        
      
    </action-mappings>
  
</struts-config>
   

Can you guys help me to figure out this issue ? Whats the problem with mysql database connectivity? I double checked mysql and it is working very well.
thanks in advance