Upgrading to a Mantis UTF8

∟Reference Citations in 2024

∟Upgrading to a Mantis UTF8

'Specifying Character Set for Text Columns' tutorial was cited in a bug tracking system, Mantis, upgrade note in 2024.

The Specifying Character Set for Text Columns tutorial was cited in a bug tracking system, Mantis, upgrade note in 2024.

Subject: Upgrading to a Mantis UTF8
Date: 2024-04-11
Author: Alexey Chumakov
Source: https://mantisbt.org/wiki/doku.php/mantisbt:upgrade_to_utf8

Introduction

This hack and experience is done in ubuntu 8.04 with
  mantis 1.1.2+dfsg-8~hardy1
  mysql 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.4

The goal is to enable CJK text input on mantis bug descriptions and 
notes. Two issues must be resolved:
  Mantis database must store descriptions in utf8 by default
  Mantis communicates with mySQL using utf8 way, according to the 
  book by herongyang: https://www.herongyang.com/PHP-Chinese
  /PHP-MySQL-Character-Set-on-Text-Columns.html

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