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

With version 8 the default characterset changed. When you add your character set to the connection URL like ?characterEncoding=latin1 it might work.