normally it works on command line

mysql -h localhost -u anyone -p any

On command line, no problem at all.
the grant privileges where given by the "root" user.

thanks

Marcelo

Yes, that is the correct JDBC driver to use for MySQL.

There are several MySQL mailing lists at this URL: http://lists.mysql.com/.
One of them is dedicated to Java/MySQL questions. You may want to check the
archive for that list to see if they've seen this problem before and have a
solution. I just looked and this problem has come up several times before
and the responders have suggested solutions.

However, if you try everything suggested in the archives and still have
problems, you can subscribe to the mailing list and describe your problem
there. One of the guys who responds to the questions on the MySQL/Java
mailing list is a guy named Mark Matthews who writes the JDBC drivers for
MySQL; he is very helpful. But many of the other responders there are also
very good.

I'm not going to tell you what the archives give as the solution for your
problem. If you are going to work with MySQL, it's a very good idea for you
to get familiar with the best ways to get help with MySQL problems; you
won't get that if I do all of the work :-)

Rhino

I just wanna share this experience (it took me more than 3 hours :( )

there was no connection for two important reasons:
1.- the username created on localhost had as max_connections parameter = 0 (with other parameters) so when java wanted to connect to the mysql server, the connection has refused.

2.- for some reason that I don't understand, the localhost cannot be accessed by this java program
the error has:
java.sql.SQLException: null,  message from server: "Host 'localhost.localdomain' is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server"

So I created the grants 'username'@'localhost.localdomain' and then, magickally, it worked. However, I don't understand why Mysql has asking for localhost.localdomain .....

thanks to everybody,
excellent help was given !!!!

Marcelo