Difference between revisions of "Change Database Collation"

Revision as of 23:01, February 9, 2009

Some languages require the Database collation to be changed in order to display characters correctly. You will find instructions here on how to change your database collation and configure AWBS to work correctly with this change.

Converting the Database

Copy and paste the example below into a new text file. Give this file a name of convertdb.php (or anything that you will remember, but with the .php extension)

Example:
<?php
$DIR=(dirname(__FILE__));
require($DIR."/../includes/dbconfig.php");
include($workdir."/includes/sessions.php");
include_once($workdir."/config.php");
$tables = mysql_list_tables($dbdatabase);
while (list($table) = mysql_fetch_row($tables)) {
sqlwritesingle("ALTER TABLE $table CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET latin5 COLLATE latin5_turkish_ci;");
echo "$table - DONE
";flush();ob_flush();
}
?>

Edit this line in the script to the correct character set and collation for your language:
sqlwritesingle("ALTER TABLE $table CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET latin5 COLLATE latin5_turkish_ci;");

Once satisfied with the changes. Save and upload the file to the tools folder of your AWBS Website.
At this point it is strongly suggested to backup your database.
To proceed with converting the database, open a Web browser and open the url to your file you just uploaded.
For Example: http://www.yoursite.com/tools/convertdb.php

Extended System Configuration

DBCONFIG.PHP Modification