Ti premetto che sto utilizzando SQL Server.....il file di configurazione è hibernate.cfg.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
"-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
"http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="hibernate.connection.driver_class">com.micro soft.jdbc.sqlserver.SQLServerDriver
</property>

<property name="hibernate.connection.username">sa</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.password">password</property>
<property name="hibernate.connection.url">jdbc:microsoft:sql server://1E1
DatabaseName=test;SelectMethod=cursor</property>
<property name="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.SQL ServerDialect</property>
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>