https://docs.moodle.org/500/en/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Dkg 2026-04-17T05:15:35Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.43.5 https://docs.moodle.org/500/en/index.php?title=error/admin/unicoderequired&diff=26647 2007-09-05T18:00:13Z

<p>Dkg: </p> <hr /> <div>I'm getting this error on a new moodle 1.8.2+ installation (package pulled 2007-09-05). It reads, in full (in horrible light-grey-on-light-red colors):<br /> <br /> ::It is required that you store all your data in Unicode format (UTF-8). New installations must be performed into databases that have their default character set as Unicode. If you are upgrading, you should perform the UTF-8 migration process (see the Admin page).<br /> <br /> I'm doing this on a postgresql 7.4 server (debian etch), which apparently does not default to creating the database with a utf8 encoding.<br /> <br /> To resolve the issue, i switched to the postgresql user, removed the old database, and recreated the new one, with a utf8 encoding:<br /> <br /> postgres@mongoose:~$ dropdb moodle<br /> DROP DATABASE<br /> postgres@mongoose:~$ createdb -E utf8 -O www-data moodle<br /> CREATE DATABASE<br /> postgres@mongoose:~$</div>

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