Right, that helped. Thanks Erel with a capital E
I switched to the SQL Server jdbc driver from MS since the sourceforge version didn't work with my SQLEXPRESS version. (Error message was that the driver was not correct)
Now I'm stuck with the following error
RemoteServer is running (Thu Sep 19 21:57:37 CEST 2013)
java.sql.SQLException: An attempt by a client to checkout a Connection has timed out.
More details from the cmd screen:
Last acquisition attempt exception: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: The port number 1433/THEWALL is not valid.
The config file now looks as:
#SQL Server
DriverClass=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
JdbcUrl=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433/THEWALL
User=LUC
Password=***
ServerPort=1433
#If Debug is true then this file will be reloaded on every query.
#This is useful if you need to modify the queries.
Debug=true
#commands
sql.select_all=SELECT * FROM thewall.dbo.comments
I have enabled the TCP/IP protocal in the SQL Server configuration manager and set the port number to 1433 for my local IP address, but it doesn't help.
Any clues how to proceed here?