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From:	"Arttu V." <arttuv69@×××××.com>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mysql and utf8: Can't initialize character set utf-8
Date:	Sat, 02 May 2009 11:44:44
Message-Id:	`fecdbac60905020444p2cd7c3a5ua8cb6baa64c64b6b@mail.gmail.com`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] Re: Mysql and utf8: Can't initialize character set utf-8 by Galevsky

1	On 5/2/09, Galevsky <galevsky@×××××.com> wrote:
2	> Well.... can someone tell me if a utf-8 gentoo box shoud have the file
3	> /usr/share/mysql/charsets/utf-8.xml ?
4
5	AFAICT no and AFAICT nor should any other MySQL instance on any platform.
6
7	According to sql/share/charsets/README those files are only for simple
8	charsets, e.g., with single-byte characters. UTF-8 is multi-byte and
9	thus should be compiled in the strings library.
10
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12	Arttu V.