Getting UTF-8 strings from MySQL

From: Jonck (jonck_at_vanderkogel.net)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:24:10 GMT

Hi everybody,
I'm having problems retrieving strings from MySQL in UTF-8. I know (or
at least I'm pretty sure) that the strings are being written to the
database correctly, because when I use the mysql command-line utility
and do a SELECT I see the correct strings there.
However, when I retrieve the strings they are not formatted correctly.
For example, if I write the string "Knäckebröt" to the database and then
try to retrieve it, it comes out as "Kn�ckebröt".

I read the Connector/J manual, where it tells me to do the following to
write and read UTF-8 strings to and from MySQL:
When opening a connection with MySQL I should use the following code:
Properties props = new Properties();
props.setProperty("characterEncoding", "utf-8");
conn = DriverManager.getConnection(connectionString, props);

However, when I now try to read a string from a resultset, for example (
where results is a JDBC ResultSet):
String messageText = results.getString("messageText");

the text comes out garbled.

Does anybody have any suggestions for me to be able to retrieve the text
with the correct encoding?

Thanks very much, Jonck

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