Hibernate 4 Access to DialectResolutionInfo cannot be null when 'hibernate.dialect' not set

Question

I am using Hibernate latest version 4.3.5.Final.

My hibernate.cfg.xml file content:

Answer 1

I once faced the exact same problem, and it turned out that the issue was that I had not started the database service locally (which I see you are also using a local database). That simple!!!