Write, build, and run an example application that persists data to and from a relational database using Hibernate, JPA, and the repository pattern.

For database and XML work I use separate tools. Eclipse is only good for Java development IMO.<BR><BR>esquilax, you may want to try the clean install and then add the extensions one at a time.

Here's a quick JDBC with HSQLDB tutorial to get you up and running with Java database connectivity and the popular HyperSQL database.