by Roberto De Bem | Apr 16, 2024 | Insight for DBAs, MariaDB, MySQL
We usually receive and see some questions regarding the charset levels in MySQL, especially after the deprecation of utf8mb3 and the new default uf8mb4. If you understand how the charset works on MySQL but have some questions regarding this change, please check out...
by Sveta Smirnova | Mar 29, 2022 | Insight for DBAs, Insight for Developers, MySQL
The utf8mb4 character set is the new default as of MySQL 8.0, and this change neither affects existing data nor forces any upgrades. Migration to utf8mb4 has many advantages including: It can store more symbols, including emojis It has new collations for Asian...
by Sveta Smirnova | Mar 28, 2017 | MySQL, Webinars
In this blog, I will provide answers to the Q & A for the Troubleshooting Issues with MySQL Character Sets webinar. First, I want to thank everybody for attending the March 9 MySQL character sets troubleshooting webinar. The recording and slides for the webinar...
by Alexander Rubin | Jul 5, 2016 | MySQL
In this post, I’ll discuss how MySQL 5.7 handles UTF8MB4 and the load data infile. Many of my clients have told me that they do not like using the LOAD DATA INFILE statement and prefer to manually parse and load the data. The main reason they do it are issues...
