SQLException: Connection refused: connect

Hi,
I was trying to initialize a development database with sample and test data (with Sql Server 2000) and after all the tables schema was created the build fails and I receive the following Exception:

"com.inet.tds.SQLException: Connection refused: connect"

I used the ant command to setup the DB. (OS - XP)(driver-jdbc)

Please let me know how do i resolve this.
[399 byte] By [naziaf] at [2007-11-19 10:47:09]