Can't store UTF-8 Content in MySQL Using Java PreparedStatement

Question

For some strange reason I can\'t seem to add UTF-8 data to my MySQL database. When I enter a non-latin character, it\'s stored as ?????. Everything else is stored fine. S

Answer 1

On your JDBC connection string, you just need set the charset encoding like this:

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbname?characterEncoding=utf8