try to use entities e.g. &->& useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF8
2009/3/20 Graeme J Sweeney <ibatis.u...@gjsweeney.com> > On Thu, 19 Mar 2009, Paweł Gutowski wrote: > > mysql-connector-java-5.1.7 >> >> What could be wrong? >> > > Are you using 'useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF8' in the connection > URL? > > -- > Graeme -