2 messages in com.mysql.lists.javamysql-connector character danish
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Carlos Proal12 Jan 2004 15:58 
Mark Matthews13 Jan 2004 19:05 
Subject:mysql-connector character danish
From:Carlos Proal (pro@hotmail.com)
Date:01/12/2004 03:58:38 PM
List:com.mysql.lists.java

Hi, i have reached an error that appeared last months on the list but i didnt find further comments on the archive.

java.sql.SQLException: General error, message from server: "Unknown =character set: 'danish'" jav at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.checkErrorPacket(MysqlIO.java:1825) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sendCommand(MysqlIO.java:1020) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:1109) at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQuery(MysqlIO.java:1070) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:2027) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1996) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.execSQL(Connection.java:1977) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.initializePropsFromServer(Connection.java:2680) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.createNewIO(Connection.java:1750) at com.mysql.jdbc.Connection.(Connection.java:562) at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:361) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:517) at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(DriverManager.java:199)

I have notice a couple of things related to this: The error ocurrs only with jsdk v. 1.4.0 , with drivers 3.0.9 or superior (even develops) Im currently using jsdk v 1.4.2 and there is no error with any driver.

This can be a Java bug ?, i have also search about it on java sites but i dont see anything related.

By now the solution is always to use a recent version of jsdk but im concened about a probably bug in the driver, even when i trust more in Mark than the Java team :).

Carlos