[TYPO3-core] RFC #7942: Enable UTF-8 by default

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 11-11-2010 16:15, Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Benjamin Mack wrote:
>> + 'setDBinit' => '-1', // String (textarea): Commands to send to
>> database right after connecting, separated by newline. Ignored by the
>> DBAL extension except for the 'native' type! NOTICE: This option is
>> deprecated since TYPO3 4.5, and will be removed in 4.7. Please use
>> proper tools to set your installation to UTF-8.
>
> setDBinit is not just for character sets. It can other SESSION
> variables. By deprecating it, you force usage of XCLASSes for such
> simple stuff as setting database-specific variablres that cannot be set
> in my.ini because they will affect all databases.

Good arguments. I'm pro good defaults, but this is a setting which we 
just must keep to take care of various environments.

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Jigal van Hemert
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