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authormonty@donna.mysql.fi <>2001-03-16 02:43:51 +0200
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@@ -26463,6 +26463,10 @@ option to @code{configure}, and the character set configuration files
listed in @file{SHAREDIR/charsets/Index}.
@xref{Quick install}.
+If you change the character set when running MySQL (which may also
+change the sort order), you must run myisamchk -r -q on all
+tables. Otherwise your indexes may not be ordered correctly.
+
When a client connects to a @strong{MySQL} server, the server sends the
default character set in use to the client. The client will switch to
use this character set for this connection.