java.sql.SQLException: Unknown initial character set index '255' received from server for connector 8.0.11

Question

While establishing the connection to a MySQL database, I\'m getting the following error

java.sql.SQLException: Unknown initial character set index \'255\' receiv         


        

Answer 1

Use the same version of MySQL as well as mysql-connector. If you are using tomcat then keep the connector in the lib folder of tomcat.