http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html now recommends "encoding: utf8" for mysql2 in config/database.yml file.
Also if you run "rails new progname -d mysql", you will get "utf8" in config/database.yml file. WORK LOG: https://sites.google.com/site/macbooklioninfo/home/install- rails-and-ruby-on-ubuntu/342908-work-log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/342908 Title: rails does not parse /usr/share/mysql/charsets/Index.xml properly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rails/+bug/342908/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs