Raymond Wan wrote: > Platonides wrote: >> MediaWiki offers you three character sets for MySQL: >> * MySQL 4.1/5.0 binary >> * MySQL 4.1/5.0 UTF-8 >> * MySQL 4.0 backwards-compatible UTF-8 > ... > > > Thank you for your explanation! I think I understand the differences between > the 3 options. Also, > looking at the installation instructions, it seems I was asked that before > and probably just clicked > "OK". I installed Mediawiki 3-4 years ago and have been upgrading since...so > maybe back then I > wasn't asked? I honestly don't remember... > > Is there a way to find out what it is set at? Since I've forced mysql to use > UTF-8, I'm not sure if > I've made a mistake...but since it's retrieving Japanese characters fine, it > must be ok... I'm just > concerned that I've broken something that will show up later on... > > Thanks a lot! > > Ray
Look at your table definitions. If the CREATE TABLE contains DEFAULT CHARSET=binary or DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8, you are using the first two, and $wgDBmysql5 should be set. Else you are using the third one and $wgDBmysql5 should be false. The three options are supported, if it works, don't fix it :) _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
