Cluster Endpoint jdbc:mysql:aws vs jdbc:mysql

[narayananl23]

Is there any benefit or drawback to use jdbc:mysql:aws vs jdbc:mysql in the Cluster Endpoint

jdbc:mysql:aws://db-identifier.cluster-XYZ.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306
Vs
jdbc:mysql://db-identifier.cluster-XYZ.us-east-2.rds.amazonaws.com:3306

Both works.. no issues.

In another discussion, I see below. #181

"the AWS JDBC Driver for MySQL only supports failover functionality for the "jdbc:mysql:aws://" protocol."

If I user "jdbc:mysql", does it not failover smoothly ?

[karenc-bq]

Hi @narayananl23, there will be no failover functionality when using the "jdbc:mysql" protocol.
The driver behaves in the exact same way as the community MySQL driver when using the jdbc:mysql protocol.

[davecramer]

@narayananl23 The way that DriverManager works if you use jdbc:mysql the mysql driver will load. Not this driver. So the code from the aws-mysql-jdbc driver would not even run.