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

Setting the CharacterEnconding, useUnicode options will work

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname?characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false&useUnicode=true"