Error 'Character set '#255' is not a compiled character set and is not specified mySQL

Question

Hi, we've been trying to create a replication between RDS Aurora MySQL to EC2 MySQL
We managed to make it worked but after few hours of monitoring and few transactions on the database, we encountered this error "Error 'Character set '#255' is not a compiled character set" when we checked the slave status.
We already tried different troubleshooting, tried replicating using new binlog position, modified some of the parameters on both mysql aurora and mysql 5.7 but none of them work. If we connect from a new position the replication will work for a few minutes but after that we will get again the same error.
Did someone encounter this before? Any solutions you can provide that we should try? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

Hello.

The error message you're encountering, "Error 'Character set '#255' is not a compiled character set," suggests that there might be an issue with character set compatibility between your RDS Aurora MySQL and EC2 MySQL instances. This error typically occurs when the replication process encounters a character set that is not supported or recognized on the receiving end.

You can use the **SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set%';** and **SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'collation%';** commands to check the character set and collation settings on both servers.

Double-check the binary log format and replication settings on both servers. Make sure they are set correctly. The binary log format should be set to ROW or MIXED for better compatibility.

Best regards, Andrii

Error 'Character set '#255' is not a compiled character set and is not specified mySQL

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