In an effort to set the default charset for a MySQL server to utf8, I've added the following options to my.ini
character-set-server=utf8
default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci
But when I start the mysql client, I get the following error message:
error: Found option without preceding
group in config file:
C:\dev\tools\mysql\my.ini at line: 2
Fatal error in defaults handling.
Program aborted
Does anyone know what the right way to set the default charset in this config file is?
Best Answer
The problem the server complains about is that it can't find the expected INI section (
[mysqld]
) to which these settings belong. Ensure you've added those settings to the[mysqld]
section, like this:If there's already such a section there, add your settings to to that section, don't create a duplicate section.
After altering the configuration file, restart the MySQL server.