Hi,
Platonides wrote: >> So, what I did was change the database and the MySQL system to utf8. But >> then the database also has >> to be converted and this failed miserably for me. I followed these steps: >> >> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Convert_latin1_to_UTF-8_in_MySQL >> >> which did not work (more specifically, the "Convert dump" step). > > That's wrong. Even when the database shows charset=latin1, mediawiki > stores utf8 inside. > So you shouldn't have tried to convert the content, that would have > broken it. Oh...I see -- thanks for this! Then I guess there are two combinations: Mediawiki with latin1 MySQL ; Mediawiki with UTF MySQL. What are the advantages / disadvantages of either choice? I *guess* that if someone were to login to mysql directly, and did a SELECT, then the UTF would look like gibberish. Likewise when a dump is done of the data. Of course, neither "problem" affects Mediawiki's functionality... Any other pros/cons? Thanks! Ray _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
