Setup error in MySQL at line 1 '???'

Hello All,

I am having this error at the setup:

org.jivesoftware.database.DbConnectionManager - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '????????????????????????????????' at line 1

Any ideas?

It's a clean install in a new server with only CentOS, Java, LAMP running, the install was very smooth but the setup just isn't working...

I am using MySQL with this line:

jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/dbnamehere?rewriteBatchedStatements=true

Any ideas what might be happening?

Thanks