Hi You can 'attack' the problem from another perspective :-P
I found out a tool (Linux) to convert all characters in a latin1 file to utf8. The command name is 'iconv' and in Debian it is shipped with the libc6 package. So basically dump you DB and convert the file then import it. See the article here: http://gentoo-wiki.com/TIP_Convert_latin1_to_UTF-8_in_MySQL Hope it helps. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello Jerry, > > Thanks for the reply. You are right. Thats why it finally took me > 10-12 work hours to convert a single DB (split over two work days) to > a UTF-8 compliant version. > > While it wasnt necessarily difficult to do (once you figured it out), > it can put extra pressure on your eyes if you have to concentrate on > the screen all the time ;-). > > If somebody knows of a "smart" tool that is doing the hart work feel > free to speak ;-) > > Best regards > > Nils Valentin > > > > Quoting Jerry Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Columns can have character set definitions, also. In this case, I >> hope not. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jerry Schwartz >> Global Information Incorporated >> 195 Farmington Ave. >> Farmington, CT 06032 >> >> 860.674.8796 / FAX: 860.674.8341 >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Chris White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 10:59 AM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com >>> Subject: Re: automated character set conversions for tables >>> >>> >>> > I did a DB conversion before that with "ALTER DATABASE db_name >>> > CHARACTER SET utf8" >>> > That worked wonderfully, except not as expected. ;-) >>> > It basically converted only the database itself. so I had to do a >>> > separate "ALTER TABLE ..." for each table. >>> >>> The database encoding more establishes the default to use >>> when creating >>> new tables. As far as adjusting every single table, you can >>> work with >>> your Favorite Scripting Program (tm) and run the query: >>> >>> `SHOW TABLES` >>> >>> to get a list of all tables for that database (the column you want is >>> called Tables_in_[database name here]), which you can get the exact >>> column by running it in console or your Favorite SQL Program >>> (tm). Then >>> simply loop over the result set and run the alter table >>> command on each >>> table. >>> >>> -- >>> MySQL General Mailing List >>> For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql >>> To unsubscribe: >>> http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > > --MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
