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.

1 Comment

Typical really.