“Incorrect string value” when trying to insert UTF-8 into MySQL via JDBC?

Question

This is how my connection is set:
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url + dbName + \"?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf-8\", userName, password

Answer 1

I you only want to apply the change only for one field, you could try serializing the field

class MyModel < ActiveRecord::Base
  serialize :content

  attr_accessible :content, :title
end