Getting error connecting to EWP databases

Solution:
1) Make sure following instruction to setup backup database user and permission on sqlserver
http://www.metaintegration.net/Products/MIMM/MIMMReadme.html#DatabaseOnMicrosoftSQLServer
2) check TCP/IP is enabled as well as the port no of the database is correctly keyed in

check to make sure the string of jdbc connection is correctly entered
jdbc:sqlserver://<dbServer>:<dbPortNumber>;databasename=<dbName>