Index: lams_build/common.properties
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diff -u -re9cb7b12d4dd30b802753c2a7386f5acf997c710 -r3f19251c66a87e5a33e782bee769b7e7992791fd
--- lams_build/common.properties	(.../common.properties)	(revision e9cb7b12d4dd30b802753c2a7386f5acf997c710)
+++ lams_build/common.properties	(.../common.properties)	(revision 3f19251c66a87e5a33e782bee769b7e7992791fd)
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 #database access
 db.name=lams
 db.driver=com.mysql.jdbc.Driver
-db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/${db.name}?characterEncoding=utf8&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&autoReconnect=true
+db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost/${db.name}?characterEncoding=utf8&zeroDateTimeBehavior=convertToNull&autoReconnect=true&useUnicode=true
+db.encoding=utf8
 db.username=lams
 db.password=lamsdemo
 db.driver.jar=${sharedlib}/mysql/mysql-connector-java-3.1.12-bin.jar