Com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The TCP/IP Connection To The Host Has Failed.

I am trying to connect to SQL Server 2005 Express with JDBC. I am getting the following exception:


Code SnippetString connectionUrl = "jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;" +
"databaseName=IFC3;";
// Declare the JDBC objects.
Connection con = null;
Statement stmt = null;
ResultSet rs = null;

try {
// Establish the connection.
Class.forName("com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver");
con = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionUrl,"ifc2","password");






com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The TCP/IP connection to the host has failed. java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDriverError(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connectHelper(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.loginWithoutFailover(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.connect(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver.connect(Unknown Source)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:512)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:171)
at connectURL.main(connectURL.java:43)

I am using the code example that came from Microsoft for making a JDBC connection. I looked at my configuration of SQL Server and change to use a static port 1433. I shut off Windows firewall to make sure it was not blocking communication.


When I try to telnet to port 1433 it says


Connecting To 1433...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect
failed


Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Tom