hi. every time i go to poxnora.com the web page loads fine and there are no
errors on the page but when i log in the page says vervatim:

HTTP Status 500 -

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type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it
from fulfilling this request.

exception

javax.servlet.ServletException: Cannot open connection
    org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:523)
    org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:421)
    org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:224)
    org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
    org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
    com.octopi.scaffold.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:25)
    com.octopi.scaffold.HibernateFilter.doFilter(HibernateFilter.java:17)
    com.octopi.scaffold.CookieFilter.doFilter(CookieFilter.java:29)

root cause

org.hibernate.exception.GenericJDBCException: Cannot open connection
    org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.handledNonSpecificException(SQLStateConverter.java:91)
    org.hibernate.exception.SQLStateConverter.convert(SQLStateConverter.java:79)
    org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:43)
    org.hibernate.exception.JDBCExceptionHelper.convert(JDBCExceptionHelper.java:29)
    org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.openConnection(ConnectionManager.java:307)
    org.hibernate.jdbc.ConnectionManager.getConnection(ConnectionManager.java:109)
    org.hibernate.jdbc.AbstractBatcher.prepareQueryStatement(AbstractBatcher.java:105)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.prepareQueryStatement(Loader.java:1561)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQuery(Loader.java:661)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doQueryAndInitializeNonLazyCollections(Loader.java:223)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.doList(Loader.java:2147)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.listIgnoreQueryCache(Loader.java:2026)
    org.hibernate.loader.Loader.list(Loader.java:2021)
    org.hibernate.loader.hql.QueryLoader.list(QueryLoader.java:369)
    org.hibernate.hql.ast.QueryTranslatorImpl.list(QueryTranslatorImpl.java:298)
    org.hibernate.impl.SessionImpl.list(SessionImpl.java:1020)
    org.hibernate.impl.QueryImpl.list(QueryImpl.java:74)
    com.octopi.actions.DoLoginAction.execute(DoLoginAction.java:31)
    org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:419)
    org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:224)
    org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1196)
    org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:432)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:709)
    javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)
    com.octopi.scaffold.LoginFilter.doFilter(LoginFilter.java:25)
    com.octopi.scaffold.HibernateFilter.doFilter(HibernateFilter.java:17)
    com.octopi.scaffold.CookieFilter.doFilter(CookieFilter.java:29)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache
Tomcat/5.5.20 logs.

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Apache Tomcat/5.5.20

*it says that every single time and now i can no longer play poxnora because
of that page. i also have no viruses known on norton. thank you very much i
have reached the limit of insanity on this topic cause im only 16 and am no
computer wizz kid :). TELL ME THE MAGIC SECRET OF THE TOMCATS!!   thanks.
bonesmini..