Connect to MySQL over SSH using Java

Question

I want to connect to MySQL database on Amazon EC2 server using Java. I am able to create ssh tunnel using Jsch library and forward ports to that server, however connecting to DB

Answer 1

I've got exactly the same problem using AppFog (in front of AWS). The only way I could workaround this issue was dropping the following from my connection string:

"?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8"

Off course, you should be sure that this will not affect your application requirements.