[Mediawiki-l] MySQL character set problem
Lars Aronsson
lars at aronsson.se
Thu Apr 7 08:09:00 UTC 2005
Plamen Gradinarov wrote:
> MySQL 4.1.10a with default-character-set=cp1251 in my.cnf No errors
> while importing bg.wikipedia. Opening any imported page returns
> database error, but new added entries appear correctly, and all
> messages + navigation are in Bulgarian:
> http://encyclopedia.novdom.org
>
> Comment the default-character-set=cp1251 in my.cnf and all imported
> data pop up.
>
> Any suggestions how to launch the bg wikimedia import with cp1251
> preserved in my.cnf.
I'm curious: If you start a new installation today with a fresh MySQL
version and everything, why would you not want to go with Unicode?
I've been using the 8bit code iso-8859-1 since 1989 (I almost wrote
"since 1898") and am now starting the process of converting my
projects to Unicode and utf-8. So I'm interested in how people think
about these things. Which valid arguments are there against utf-8?
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Lars Aronsson (lars at aronsson.se)
Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se
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