Specify a CharSet when connecting to a DBMS : Driver « Database « Java Tutorial

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import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.util.Properties;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");

    Properties prop = new Properties();
    prop.put("charSet", "iso-8859-7"); 
    prop.put("user", "your username");
    prop.put("password", "your password");

    // Connect to the database
    Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection("url", prop);

  }
}