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 encountered this issue when using the following:

• Spring Framework / Data: 4.1.6;
• Spring Boot: 1.2.3;
• Hibernate provider for JPA: 4.3.8.

I had SSL enabled on the database side as part of the host-based authentication mechanism (using Postgres) and the issue was that I hadn't specified the SSL JVM properties related to the key store containing the certificate of the client app when starting the application:

-Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=mykeystore.jks -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=myPassword

Note: I understand the answer has already been answered, but I'm leaving this answer for future reference.