[TYPO3] seriuos problem migrating 4.2.1 installtion to another server

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

G.Unger wrote:
> - client made a complete download of all files and folders by ftp from 
> the online development server
> - database was exported/dumped by phpMyAdmin extension. looking in the 
> sql file I see that charset is utf-8 and collation as well

Next time use import/export inside TYPO3. File copying and SQl import is better for advanced TYPO3 users.

> where do I go wrong?

It seems that you did not set db init commands in Install tool. Set them to:

SET NAMES utf8
SET character_set_server utf8

You will need to clear page cache after that.

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 Core team
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