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Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of Ticket #35249, comment 21


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12/30/2015 04:27:41 PM (8 years ago)
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dossy
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  • Ticket #35249, comment 21

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    1818I suppose this should be filed as a new ticket, referencing this ticket for detailed background rationale, and let the community decide if they collectively think it's a good idea?
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    20 I'm not keen on the idea of the installer ''changing'' the character set and collation on an ''already existing'' database that's being installed into.  `DB_CHARSET` controlling the charset/collation of a database that's being ''created'' as part of the WP installation, I'm all for.  But, if I intentionally created a database OR (regardless of whether it's a bad idea or not) want to install WP into a previously existing database, and it quietly ''changed''* the default charset/collation of the database out from underneath me?  That would be really bad, and would break assumptions made by other users of that database.
     20I'm not keen on the idea of the installer ''changing'' the character set and collation on an ''already existing'' database that's being installed into.  `DB_CHARSET` controlling the charset/collation of a database that's being ''created'' as part of the WP installation, I'm all for.  But, if I intentionally created a database OR (regardless of whether it's a bad idea or not) want to install WP into a previously existing database, and it quietly ''changed'' the default charset/collation of the database out from underneath me?  That would be really bad, and would break assumptions made by other users of that database.
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    2222But, if everyone else thinks it's a good idea, I guess that's what really matters ... so, put it up to the community with a new ticket?