MySQL Insert Can't Insert Special Characters
Is there any way to encode strings or perform a MySQL insert on a special character like ł or Ł. I can’t get it working, but it works just fine using another ETL process.
In my specific use case I’...
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Did you try to set properties for the mysql account with
useUnicode=yes
characterEncoding=utf8
It works for our Aurora instance.
THANK YOU jaybodra!!! Turns out our workaround broke in MySQL 5.7, and we stumbled upon our own question which now has your solution that worked. A bunch of employees with special characters in their names will be very grateful!
