java http status 500

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: [Microsoft][SQLServer 2000 Driver for JDBC]Error establishing socket.
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processException(RequestProcessor.java:535)
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:433)
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:236)
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)

root cause