Comments on: How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress Database http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/ Living Digitally and Electronically Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:58:03 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Americanas Blogas Obviented » Blog Archive » Wordpress 2.8 – brak ogonków. Odsyfianie bazy. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-2/#comment-602097 Americanas Blogas Obviented » Blog Archive » Wordpress 2.8 – brak ogonków. Odsyfianie bazy. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:35:40 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-602097 [...] http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-dat... [...] [...] http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-dat... [...]

]]> By: blog from OUR kitchen » I think I have finally gotten rid of the stray Âs http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-2/#comment-601352 blog from OUR kitchen » I think I have finally gotten rid of the stray Âs Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:29:41 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-601352 [...] then, third time lucky, I got the instructions at mydigitallife.info: how to convert character set and collation of wordpress database to work for me! [...] [...] then, third time lucky, I got the instructions at mydigitallife.info: how to convert character set and collation of wordpress database to work for me! [...]

]]> By: MySQL Tech Bleg | Neptunus Lex http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-2/#comment-580687 MySQL Tech Bleg | Neptunus Lex Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:15:18 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-580687 [...] encoding changes from latin to UTF-8 after version Wordpress 2.2. This occurred in May 0f 2007, but the potential solution is dauntingly complex for a mere [...] [...] encoding changes from latin to UTF-8 after version Wordpress 2.2. This occurred in May 0f 2007, but the potential solution is dauntingly complex for a mere [...]

]]> By: daniel http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-2/#comment-578349 daniel Thu, 28 May 2009 19:59:27 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-578349 How does one "temporarily drop the indexes"? I'm getting the error referenced in Step 7 above. Thanks. How does one “temporarily drop the indexes”? I’m getting the error referenced in Step 7 above. Thanks.

]]> By: Fixing mixed-encoding MySQL dumpfiles with WordPress http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-578065 Fixing mixed-encoding MySQL dumpfiles with WordPress Wed, 27 May 2009 04:20:50 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-578065 [...] How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress Database — My Digital Life [...] [...] How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress Database — My Digital Life [...]

]]> By: Guy http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-570435 Guy Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-570435 I have the exact same problem as Stephanie. My old posts will come up fixed, but all my new posts (made after the upgrade which caused the encoding problems in the first place) which have characters like é or curly quotes will be truncated. It's like the conversion back doesn't know what to do with these characters and just ends the process there. Any idea what might cause that? I have the exact same problem as Stephanie. My old posts will come up fixed, but all my new posts (made after the upgrade which caused the encoding problems in the first place) which have characters like é or curly quotes will be truncated. It’s like the conversion back doesn’t know what to do with these characters and just ends the process there. Any idea what might cause that?

]]> By: Stephanie Leary http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-567107 Stephanie Leary Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:56:13 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-567107 Thanks for the guide! I found that I had to remove some columns' indexes before I could run some of the queries, and I had to add "text" to the ALTER TABLE statements, like so: ALTER TABLE wp_comments MODIFY comment_author TEXT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; However, after all the queries had finished, I ended up with the same result as I did using g30rg3_x's plugin: all posts and pages were truncated, usually at the first curly quote. Any suggestions for getting around this? Thanks for the guide! I found that I had to remove some columns’ indexes before I could run some of the queries, and I had to add “text” to the ALTER TABLE statements, like so:

ALTER TABLE wp_comments MODIFY comment_author TEXT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci;

However, after all the queries had finished, I ended up with the same result as I did using g30rg3_x’s plugin: all posts and pages were truncated, usually at the first curly quote. Any suggestions for getting around this?

]]> By: flammeri blog » Never touch a running system… http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-562759 flammeri blog » Never touch a running system… Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:32:32 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-562759 [...] Dummerweise hat der Zeichensatz schon bessere Zeiten gesehen und so sind alle Beiträge, die älter sind als dieser anstelle von Umlauten mit hässlichen Fragezeichen verziert. Eine entsprechende Teillösung fand sich hier. [...] [...] Dummerweise hat der Zeichensatz schon bessere Zeiten gesehen und so sind alle Beiträge, die älter sind als dieser anstelle von Umlauten mit hässlichen Fragezeichen verziert. Eine entsprechende Teillösung fand sich hier. [...]

]]> By: Morten http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-550186 Morten Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:52:37 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-550186 Thanks a lot - that was a great help! Thanks a lot – that was a great help!

]]> By: Now With More UTF | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-546361 Now With More UTF | Sea Slugs! Anime Blog Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:50:49 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-546361 [...] Then I used the WP-DBManager to back up the database. After this step, you can either do things the hard way, or the easy way. I picked the easy way, and if you want some background info about this plugin, [...] [...] Then I used the WP-DBManager to back up the database. After this step, you can either do things the hard way, or the easy way. I picked the easy way, and if you want some background info about this plugin, [...]

]]> By: Blog Roundup for the 22nd of June 2007 :: Christopher Ross http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-537884 Blog Roundup for the 22nd of June 2007 :: Christopher Ross Mon, 27 Oct 2008 01:10:51 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-537884 [...] get a lot from WordPress Theme Releases for 6/22. WordPress Plugin: Category Access was gratifying. How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress Database was superb. I also took a look at More on Christ?s Supernatural [...] [...] get a lot from WordPress Theme Releases for 6/22. WordPress Plugin: Category Access was gratifying. How to Convert Character Set and Collation of WordPress Database was superb. I also took a look at More on Christ?s Supernatural [...]

]]> By: Dead Man Walking http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-537490 Dead Man Walking Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:08:17 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-537490 I agree with Chris, it's annoying to having to register for your forum just to download the file. If we have a problem, we can go to the forum then. I agree with Chris, it’s annoying to having to register for your forum just to download the file. If we have a problem, we can go to the forum then.

]]> By: something2 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-524612 something2 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:53:37 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-524612 I've uploaded an extended script to the thread. It handles cases where the tables and columns are utf8 but the strings inside are latin1. This happens when the tables are created as utf8 but the wp-config.php is missing DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE variables. I’ve uploaded an extended script to the thread. It handles cases where the tables and columns are utf8 but the strings inside are latin1. This happens when the tables are created as utf8 but the wp-config.php is missing DB_CHARSET and DB_COLLATE variables.

]]> By: … @ a distance … » UTF-8 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-515325 … @ a distance … » UTF-8 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:19:31 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-515325 [...] with troubleshooting the issue of not able to use the 2 lines in the wp-config.php file. Tried this method, but it didn’t work. Then I read up the idea of converting the SQL in a text editor. [...] [...] with troubleshooting the issue of not able to use the 2 lines in the wp-config.php file. Tried this method, but it didn’t work. Then I read up the idea of converting the SQL in a text editor. [...]

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]]> By: Larry Hirscg http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/comment-page-1/#comment-475349 Larry Hirscg Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:32:43 +0000 http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/06/23/how-to-convert-character-set-and-collation-of-wordpress-database/#comment-475349 I must applaud you for publishing this. After hours of searching for an easy solution, when my provider moved my database to an “upgraded” platform, I was able to follow your instructions and and get the character set changed. I used the phpmyadmin to execute the code and deleted the lines that had errors. It ran perfectly and I only needed to edit a few slugs that had odd character in them. Fabulous! I must applaud you for publishing this. After hours of searching for an easy solution, when my provider moved my database to an “upgraded” platform, I was able to follow your instructions and and get the character set changed. I used the phpmyadmin to execute the code and deleted the lines that had errors. It ran perfectly and I only needed to edit a few slugs that had odd character in them. Fabulous!

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