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

Also check locale -a on ubuntu default Ubuntu works with en_us locale and doesn't have other locale installed. must specify characterEncoding=utf8 while connecting through JDBC.