> On May 21, 8:47 pm, DHH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> If you use ActiveRecord::Base.connection.create_database you'll >>> notice >>> that by default the created db will use latin1 encoding. I created a >>> plugin to handle different charset and collations (on top of helping >>> you with other boring DB tasks). >> >> Which database are you talking about specifically? I believe Rails >> will use whatever the current default is. MySQL, for example, has a >> installation-wide configuration file that controls that.
Just a quick note, it's probably best to set the server-wide encoding to UTF-8. I've seen some instances, mostly with MySQL 4.x where even with SET NAMES utf8 the MySQL client wouldn't go into UTF-8 mode. Ending up with mixed charsets in one table is a pita. Manfred --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
