One is you can build your configuration from scratch but what I like to do is getting the standard settings from my hibernate.cfg.xml file then change some of the values on my code. here’s how I do it

Configuration conf = new Configuration();
conf.configure().setProperty(“hibernate.connection.url”, “jdbc:mysql://”+host+”/”+dbname);
conf.setProperty(“hibernate.connection.username”, user);
conf.setProperty(“hibernate.connection.password”, password);

An officemate shared this video called zeitgeist. It is a documentary about some conspiracy theories on what’s going on in this world. Some of them are a bit far out but some will really leave you thinking. It made me curious so I went to the movie’s website zeigeistmovie.com and found out there was a sequel, so I downloaded and watched it too. The sequel I think was better because it suggested some actions to take to defeat the so called “evil corporations”. You can read more about this on their site thezeitgeistmovement .

There are two ways of adding yum repositories to your centOS system

1. Drop .repo files into your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory

2. Add a repository entry in your /etc/yum.conf file

you can go to http://osresources.com/11_6_en.html for more on this.

This is one possiible solution to Error: 2003(HY000): Can’t connect to MySQL Server on ******* error

this error may not be caused by wrong mysqld installation or configuration, a possible cause is that your connection is blocked by a firewall.

here’s the fix for linux systems.

on the mysql server machine, go to your shell as root and type

#/etc/init.d/iptables stop

this should disable the firewall

(if you’re not allowed to do this, ask your system admin to open connection on port 3306) :-]

finished installing my wordpress blog engine. right when my domain is about to expire.