On Friday, November 18, 2011 at 03:31:44 UTC, martin.muel...@mac.com confabulated:
> Is it possible to make utf8 the default for all databases and transactions > in a MySQL installation? > The current default is Latin1. There is a suggestion on the Web to edit > the my.cnf file as follows > [mysqld] > init_connect=’SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci’ > init_connect=’SET NAMES utf8′ > default-character-set=utf8 > character-set-server=utf8 > collation-server=utf8_general_ci > skip-character-set-client-handshake > On a Mac with MySQL 5.5.17 this produces the error > [ERROR] /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysqld: unknown variable > 'default-character-set=utf8' > The Reference Manual is very tortuous but lacks instructions that are > clear to a not very technical user. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/server-options.html#option_mysqld_default-character-set The above link says default-character-set is depreciated and you should be using character-set-server. It also states default-character-set was removed in v5.5.3. You should be able to remove the option. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world... Those who understand binary, and those who don't. -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql?unsub=arch...@jab.org
