Hi David, > I'm using > $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['SYS']['setDBinit'] = 'SET NAMES utf8'.chr(10).'SET > character_set_connection = utf8';
The second statement is not necessary. Read the MySQL documentation, e.g. at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/set-option.html "SET NAMES sets the three session system variables character_set_client, character_set_connection, and character_set_results to the given character set." It's quite handy to set the default character set and collation for the database before you setup TYPO3, but other than that you only need to set SYS|setDBinit and BE|forceCharset correctly. Regarding step 2 of your tutorial: TYPO3 core handles character sets correctly. Extensions should use the appropriate TYPO3 API functions to eliminate character set problems. Step 3: It's enough to set the default character set and collation of the database itself when setting up the database. Regards, -- Jigal van Hemert. _______________________________________________ TYPO3-english mailing list TYPO3-english@lists.netfielders.de http://lists.netfielders.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/typo3-english