Following is the list of important properties you would require to configure for a databases in a standalone situation:

S.N.	Properties and Description
1	hibernate.dialectThis property makes Hibernate generate the appropriate SQL for the chosen database.
2	hibernate.connection.driver_classThe JDBC driver class.
3	hibernate.connection.urlThe JDBC URL to the database instance.
4	hibernate.connection.usernameThe database username.
5	hibernate.connection.passwordThe database password.
6	hibernate.connection.pool_sizeLimits the number of connections waiting in the Hibernate database connection pool.
7	hibernate.connection.autocommitAllows autocommit mode to be used for the JDBC connection.

If you are using a database along with an application server and JNDI then you would have to configure the following properties:

S.N.	Properties and Description
1	hibernate.connection.datasourceThe JNDI name defined in the application server context you are using for the application.
2	hibernate.jndi.classThe InitialContext class for JNDI.
3	hibernate.jndi.Passes any JNDI property you like to the JNDI InitialContext.
4	hibernate.jndi.urlProvides the URL for JNDI.
5	hibernate.connection.usernameThe database username.
6	hibernate.connection.passwordThe database password.

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