mysql connection using eclipse (ubuntu)

[baran tamer]

hello i am trying to connect to mysql database, but somehow i cant get it it to work
thanks in advance. By the way i am using ubuntu as my operating system

code and the errors are below

 import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.SQLException;

public class baran {

  public static void main(String args[]) {
    Connection con = null;

    try {
      Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver").newInstance();
     
      con = DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/baran",
        "root", "abcd");  //   error is here **  error is here ***  error is here 

      if(!con.isClosed())
        System.out.println("Successfully connected to " +
          "MySQL server using TCP/IP...");

    } catch(SQLException e) {
      
    	e.printStackTrace();
    }
    catch(Exception e) {
      System.err.println("Exception: " + e.getMessage());
    } finally {
      try {
        if(con != null)
          con.close();
      } catch(SQLException e) {}
    }
  }
}   

java.sql.SQLException: Unexpected exception encountered during query.
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:1055)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:956)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SQLError.createSQLException(SQLError.java:926)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.execSQL(ConnectionImpl.java:2593)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.configureClientCharacterSet(ConnectionImpl.java:1768)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.initializePropsFromServer(ConnectionImpl.java:3444)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.createNewIO(ConnectionImpl.java:2062)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.<init>(ConnectionImpl.java:723)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getInstance(ConnectionImpl.java:298)
at com.mysql.jdbc.NonRegisteringDriver.connect(NonRegisteringDriver.java:282)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(libgcj.so.81)
at java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection(libgcj.so.81)
at baran.main(baran.java:13)
Caused by: java.io.CharConversionException
at gnu.gcj.convert.Input_iconv.read(libgcj.so.81)
at java.lang.String.init(libgcj.so.81)
at java.lang.String.<init>(libgcj.so.81)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SingleByteCharsetConverter.<init>(SingleByteCharsetConverter.java:152)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SingleByteCharsetConverter.initCharset(SingleByteCharsetConverter.java:107)
at com.mysql.jdbc.SingleByteCharsetConverter.getInstance(SingleByteCharsetConverter.java:85)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.getCharsetConverter(ConnectionImpl.java:2773)
at com.mysql.jdbc.StringUtils.getBytes(StringUtils.java:679)
at com.mysql.jdbc.Buffer.writeStringNoNull(Buffer.java:663)
at com.mysql.jdbc.MysqlIO.sqlQueryDirect(MysqlIO.java:2049)
at com.mysql.jdbc.ConnectionImpl.execSQL(ConnectionImpl.java:2548)
...9 more

[Bauke Scholtz]

Get rid of that terrible GNU JDK and install Sun JDK.

[baran tamer]

thanks a lot it works,
can you tell me what the problem was ?

[Bauke Scholtz]

There is no problem. It's just a fact. GNU JDK is terrible.