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On Friday, September 19, 2014 2:21:59 PM UTC-7, Matthew Fleming wrote: > > MySQL: Original was 5.1.73 ==> now we're on MariaDB-5.533 > GitLab: Original 6.1 ==> now 6.6.2 > > -Matt > > On Sep 19, 2014, at 10:34 AM, Sytse Sijbrandij <sy...@gitlab.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > I'm not sure, can you give some background on your original MySQL > > version and GitLab version? > > > > Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. > > > > Best regards, > > Sytse Sijbrandij > > CEO GitLab B.V. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Matthew Fleming > > <matthew...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Thanks for the quick reply. Well the db was setup in accordance with > the > >> instructions. The db itself was set to utf8 character set and > >> utf8_unicode_ci collation. We didn't manually create the tables or > anything > >> like that; I think the application is a rails app that does db > migrations on > >> startup. So the question is whoever 'creates' the merge_request_diffs > table, > >> didn't make this table with utf8. I'm just wondering how that happens? > >> > >> -Matt > >> > >> On Sep 19, 2014, at 8:51 AM, Sytse Sijbrandij <sy...@gitlab.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> I think your MySQL tables where set up with the incorrect character > set. > >> > >> Please let me know if you have any questions or comments. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> Sytse Sijbrandij > >> CEO GitLab B.V. > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Matthew Fleming > >> <matthew...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> So here's the reason that unicode/utf-8 chars are bombing gitlab merge > >> requests: > >> > >> ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid (Mysql2::Error: Incorrect string value: > >> '\xE2\x86\xB4 \n...' for column 'st_diffs' at row 1: UPDATE > >> `merge_request_diffs` SET `state` = 'collected', `st_diffs` > >> > >> The issue is that the merge_request_diffs table is not set to accept > utf8 > >> characters. > >> > >> -Matt > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 10:14 AM, Matthew Fleming <matthew...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> Right.. that does seem like it would cover it. I'm gonna check on the > >> install that was done here (the guy who maintains the system is out > until > >> tomorrow). I'm gonna check the db settings and the > >> > >> -Matt > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 9:52 AM, Sytse Sijbrandij <sy...@gitlab.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> Mmm, sounds like a MySQL problem, should be covered with: > >> > >> mysql> CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS `gitlabhq_production` DEFAULT > CHARACTER > >> SET `utf8` COLLATE `utf8_unicode_ci`; > >> > >> from > >> > https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/master/doc/install/database_mysql.md > > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Matthew Fleming <matthew...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> I can try to write the test case but in the past the problem was just > >> about creating the mysql database "properly". I can maybe get the > admins to > >> update the mysql db to support utf8 but here's how you would do that in > a > >> create script (I'm not sure how gitlab creates the db).. > >> > >> CREATE DATABASE db_name > >> CHARACTER SET utf8 > >> DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 > >> COLLATE utf8_general_ci > >> DEFAULT COLLATE utf8_general_ci > >> ; > >> > >> -Matt > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 8:05 AM, Sytse Sijbrandij <sy...@gitlab.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Matt, > >> > >> I think you are right, this is probably a GitLab or MySQL problem. I > don't > >> have an idea to solve it, it would be great if someone could write a > failing > >> test case for it. > >> > >> Sytse > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Matthew Fleming > >> <matthew...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Also the git commit locally had no issues, nor did the push to the > >> server. What failed was the generation of the pull request due to an > insert > >> problem with mysql handling utf-8 characters. > >> > >> -Matt > >> > >> On Sep 3, 2014, at 4:19 AM, sytse <sy...@gitlab.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> Git can't handle UTF-8 characters in the branch as far as I know. > >> > >> > >> On Friday, August 29, 2014 3:57:59 PM UTC+2, Matthew Fleming wrote: > >> > >> > >> Hey there, > >> > >> We are getting a 500 error when creating merge/pull requests from a > >> branch that contains UTF-8 characters in the change log. Mysql freaks > out > >> about the unicode characters and doesn't allow the merge request to be > >> written to the db. When I removed the utf8 chars things worked > properly. > >> Interestingly, the merge request to my own master branch (I was on a > feature > >> branch) was successful, so I'm thinking there is a slightly different > path > >> taken there. 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