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My MySQL database does not support UTF-8. Do I have a problem?

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No you don't. Versions of MySQL lower than 4.1 do not have built in UTF-8 support. However, Joomla! 1.5 has made provisions for backward compatibility and is able to use UTF-8 on older databases. Let the installer take care of all the settings and there is no need to make any changes to the database (charset, collation, or any other).
Last Updated on Thursday, 07 August 2008 09:30  

 

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