MySQLNonTransientConnectionException

Could someone read this and maybe suggest some different approaches to resolving this??

ERROR MSG:

•Connection verification failed for data source: mysqldbv2

com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server. Attempted reconnect 3 times. Giving up.

The root cause was that: com.mysql.jdbc.exceptions.jdbc4.MySQLNonTransientConnectionException: Could not create connection to database server.

I've entered the following lines in CF11 administrator:

CF Datasource name: mysqldbv2

JDBC url: jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/mysqldbv2

Driver class: com.mysql.jdbc.Driver

Driver Name: mysql 5.0

User name: root

Password: 123 (this is development computer offline)

I'm using MySQL Workbench 6.1

Windows 7 machine.

Using CF11.

I've tried everything I can think of.  Firewall is off. Log files in CF admin offer no help.  Same with MySQL.