Issue Summary

There is a documentation bug in the following document.

Connecting Jira applications to MySQL 8.0

> Database connection fields
>> Sample dbconfig.xml file...

• Add this parameter to the host URL when using MySQL connector 8.0 or later:
  • For the MySQL connector 8.0 upwards: nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true
  • For the MySQL connector 8.17 upwards: nullDatabaseMeansCurrent=true

However, MySQL Connector 8.17 is not released yet.

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-net/en/news-8-x.html

This is reproducible on Data Center: yes

Steps to Reproduce

1. Step 1: Go to Connecting Jira applications to MySQL 8.0

Expected Results

> Database connection fields
>> Sample dbconfig.xml file...

• Add this parameter to the host URL when using MySQL connector 8.0 or later:
  • For the MySQL connector 8.0 upwards: nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true
  • For the MySQL connector 8.0.17 upwards: nullDatabaseMeansCurrent=true

Actual Results

• Add this parameter to the host URL when using MySQL connector 8.0 or later:
  • For the MySQL connector 8.0 upwards: nullCatalogMeansCurrent=true
  • For the MySQL connector 8.17 upwards: nullDatabaseMeansCurrent=true

Workaround

Please read the document as "Expected Results".