#141 Configure Unicode and UTF-8 MySQL database for Chinese language

src/main/resources/db/mysql/initDB.sql

@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS petclinic;
+
+ALTER DATABASE petclinic
+  DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
+  DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
+
 GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON petclinic.* TO pc@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'pc';
 
 USE petclinic;

src/main/resources/spring/data-access.properties

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jpa.database=HSQL
 # MySQL Settings
 
 #jdbc.driverClassName=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
-#jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic
+#jdbc.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/petclinic?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF-8
 #jdbc.username=root
 #jdbc.password=petclinic