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Character encoding problem STILL

Character encoding problem STILL

2007-11-08 - By James Sherwood

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Hey all,

So I decided to start fresh on a test machine just to see if I could get
french characters working.
These are my steps:

Freshly Installed Mysql 5.0.45
Configure the MySql Server now
Detailed Configuration
Developer Machine
Multifunctional Database
Online Transaction Processing
Enable TCP/IP Networking and Enable Strinct Mode
Best Support for Multilingualism
Install as Windows Service

Created a DB
CREATE DATABASE testdb
CHARACTER SET 'utf8'
COLLATE 'utf8_general_ci';

Created a table:
CREATE TABLE `testtable` (
`id` INTEGER(11) NOT NULL,
`textfield` mediumtext,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`))TYPE=InnoDB CHARACTER SET 'utf8' COLLATE
'utf8_general_ci';

SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'char%' produced all utf8

Trying INSERT INTO `testtable` VALUES (1,'? ? ? ? ?'); produced incorrect
string value

DID: SET NAMES utf8; SET CHARACTER SET utf8;

Trying INSERT INTO `testtable` VALUES (1,'? ? ? ? ?'); produced incorrect
string value

Replaced:
sql-mode="STRICT_TRANS_TABLES,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION"
with: sql-mode="NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION" in the my.ini
file
restarted mysql

Tried INSERT INTO `testtable` VALUES (1,'? ? ? ? ?'); and was accepted

Select returned nothing in the textfield field

Tried SET NAMES utf8; SET CHARACTER SET utf8;
INSERT INTO `testtable` VALUES (1,'? ? ? ? ?');

again select returned nothing in the texfield field.

Can someone PLEASE explain as to what I am doing wrong and why I cannot get
french characters working in mysql 5??

Thanks
--James

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