hibernate.cfg.xml配置Mysql连接字符串时提示错误

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>

<!DOCTYPE hibernate-configuration PUBLIC
          "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Configuration DTD 3.0//EN"
          "http://hibernate.sourceforge.net/hibernate-configuration-3.0.dtd">
<hibernate-configuration>
<session-factory>
<property name="myeclipse.connection.profile">JDBC for MySQL</property>
<property name="connection.url">jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.118:3306/dbserver?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=utf8;</property>
<property name="connection.username">android</property>
<property name="connection.password">androidxy@#$09@)!@</property> 
<property name="connection.driver_class">com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</property>
<property name="dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</property>
<!---->
<property name="connection.provider_class">org.hibernate.connection.C3POConnectionProvider</property>

<property name="hibernate.c3po.min_size">8</property>
<property name="hibernate.c3p0.max_size">20</property>
<property name="hibernate.c3po.timeout">2500</property>
<property name="hibernate.c3p0.max_statements">100</property>
<property name="hibernate.c3p0.idle_test_period">120</property>
<property name="show_sql">true</property>
<mapping resource="com/netcru/bean/Users.hbm.xml" />
</session-factory>
</hibernate-configuration>

上述配置中的connection.url会提示有错误，需在characterEncoding前面的&加上amp;

<property name="connection.url">jdbc:mysql://192.168.1.118:3306/dbserver?useUnicode=true&amp;characterEncoding=utf8;</property>