You cannot use the built in MySQL JDBC driver with MySQL 4/5 in Coldfusion - only 3.23 for 7 I thought they fixed that?
Install mysql-connector-java-5.0.0-beta-bin.jar then "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/xxxx?logger= com.mysql.jdbc.log.StandardLogger&useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF8&user=xxx&password=xxxx " It should work! try the defaults first with com.mysql.jdbc.log.StandardLogger I think that fixed the problem Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

