On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:18:12PM +0200, Thomas Koch wrote: > I'm not sure, whether a conclusion is already reached. > > 1. apt-get install mysql > 2. enter mysql client > 3. create database test; create table test( test char(10) ); > > Replace mysql with whatever application you like. > > What should be the encoding of database and table test in cases like the > above? > > Currently it's iso-something, discriminating everybody from other countries. > If it would be utf-8 instead, it would have at least two advantages > > - The clueless user would get a sane default > - utf-8 isn't as discriminating as iso-8859-1
UTF-8 is the sane default choice in this situation, so long as MySQL is capable of handling it. Regards, Roger -- .''`. Roger Leigh : :' : Debian GNU/Linux http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/ `. `' Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gutenprint.sourceforge.net/ `- GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848 Please GPG sign your mail. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
