ColdFusion and MySQL
Have you ever had the following error when trying to connect to a MySQL database via the ColdFusion admin area?
Connection verification failed for data source: mysql_bad
java.sql.SQLException: Communication failure during handshake.
Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
The root cause was that: java.sql.SQLException: Communication
failure during handshake. Is there a server running on localhost:3306?
If so, then read the following TechNote to solve the problem.
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