[Koha] MySQL and utf8 in the installation instructions

[Erik Lewis]

Let me rephrase there is detailed guidance available on configuring  
MySQL for utf8, but wouldn't setting that as the default character set  
up front be more efficient.


On Dec 17, 2009, at 11:40 AM, Emrys Minnig wrote:

> There is a fairly comprehensive guide to setting the locale to utf8  
> at http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=encodingscratchpad.  It is  
> mentioned in Section 1.2 of the INSTALL.debian file, though  
> curiously it is missing in the INSTALL.debian-lenny file...
>
> Emrys
>
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> Just a thought but something that has bothered me about the
> instructions for installing Koha.  In the instructions your pointed to
> warnings about installing with utf8 and no real approachable guidance
> on how to ensure you create your Koha database in MySQL as utf8.
>
> Wouldn't this addition to all the instructions fix that problem and
> alleviate the need to do extensive reading on MySQL character sets?
>
> create database koha character set utf8
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