Ryan Chan wrote: > Hello all, > > I remember in old days, UTF-8 string are stored as varbinary, are > there reason to change to varchar(255) binary? > > Also, what is the default server/connection/client character set settings now? > > Thanks.
MediaWiki supports both ways. Wikipedia still uses the mysql 4 compatible options, and since mysql chars only support the bmp, it isn't likely to change. It all depends on what you choose on install. Currently, the preselected choice is 'MySQL 4.1/5.0 binary'. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
