My application developed on struts, tomcat and MySQL.
Tomcat is displaying the following error :

Mar 4, 2006 8:39:50 AM org.apache.struts.legacy.GenericDataSource getConnection
INFO: getConnection()
Mar 4, 2006 8:39:50 AM org.apache.struts.legacy.GenericDataSource getConnection
INFO: Check for timeout, activeCount=2, useCount=0
Mar 4, 2006 8:39:50 AM org.apache.struts.legacy.GenericDataSource getConnection
INFO: Found available connection
Mar 4, 2006 8:39:50 AM org.apache.struts.legacy.GenericDataSource getConnection
INFO: Return allocated connection, activeCount=2, useCount=1
Error: Communications link failure due to underlying exception:

** BEGIN NESTED EXCEPTION **

java.net.SocketException
MESSAGE: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
STACKTRACE:
java.net.SocketException: Software caused connection abort: recv failed
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream. java:129)
at com.mysql.jdbc.util.ReadAheadInputStream.fill(Read AheadInputStream.java:104)
at com.mysql.jdbc.util.ReadAheadInputStream.readFromU nderlyingStreamIfNecessary(R eadAheadInputStream.java:144)
at com.mysql.jdbc.util.ReadAheadInputStream.read ReadAheadInputStream.java:172)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.readFully(MysqlIO.java:1839 )
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.reuseAndReadPacket(MysqlIO. java:2288)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.ja va:2784)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:15 31)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java :1622)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java: 2370)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java: 2297)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Statement.executeQuery(Statement.ja va:1183)
at com.its.struts.dao.LoginDAO.returnCount(LoginDAO.j ava:138)
at com.its.struts.action.LoginFormAction.execute(Logi nFormAction.java:88)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processA ctionPerform(RequestProcesso r.java:484)
at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process( RequestProcessor.java:274)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(Act ionServlet.java:1482)
at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(Acti onServlet.java:525)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:709)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:802)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.in ternalDoFilter(ApplicationFi lterChain.java:237)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.do Filter(ApplicationFilterChai n.java:157)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invo ke(StandardWrapperValve.java :214)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext. java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo keInternal(StandardContextVa lve.java:198)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invo ke(StandardContextValve.java :152)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext. java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke( StandardHostValve.java:137)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext. java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke (ErrorReportValve.java:117)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext. java:102)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invok e(StandardEngineValve.java:1 09)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardValveContext.invo keNext(StandardValveContext. java:104)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(S tandardPipeline.java:520)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(Cont ainerBase.java:929)
at org.apache.coyote.tomcat5.CoyoteAdapter.service(Co yoteAdapter.java:160)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(H ttp11Processor.java:799)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11Conn ectionHandler.processConnect ion(Http11Protocol.java:705)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(P oolTcpEndpoint.java:577)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlR unnable.run(ThreadPool.java: 683)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
** END NESTED EXCEPTION **