Because MySQL is such a popular database, I thought it would be a great data source to use as an illustration. This will also refresh your memory on how to set MySQL up for remote connections ...

The MySQL workbench executes the required SQL statement under the covers, and the schema is listed in the tool. With the schema created, you can now provide any JDBC drivers, Hibernate config or JPA ...

Select the mysql-connector-java-XXX-bin.jar file (where XXX is the release number) and click OK. Click OK to exit out of the Options window and you’re ready to connect to your remote database ...

JPA 3 and Hibernate persistence.xml file. As developers migrate their old Java Persistence API applications to JPA 3, their progress is often halted when an incorrectly configured JPA 3 ...