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

You can add ?characterEncoding=latin1" after your url String like this for e.g.:

"jdbc:mysql://localhost/yourDB?characterEncoding=latin1";

It might work.