MySQL 8.0: utf8mb4
Posted by: Edwin Desouza
Date: January 12, 2022 11:57PM

https://twitter.com/isotopp/status/1481383731562795009
"Why the #### did MySQL not upgrade the utf8 charset to 4 bytes, but created utf8mb4 instead?"
"Because indexes matter and they can be large, so changing collations and charsets is impossible."

Deep dive:
https://blog.koehntopp.info/2022/01/12/utf8mb4.html


https://www.percona.com/blog/migrating-to-utf8mb4-things-to-consider/



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/29/2022 08:11AM by Edwin Desouza.

Options: ReplyQuote


Subject
Views
Written By
Posted
MySQL 8.0: utf8mb4
572
January 12, 2022 11:57PM


Sorry, you can't reply to this topic. It has been closed.

Content reproduced on this site is the property of the respective copyright holders. It is not reviewed in advance by Oracle and does not necessarily represent the opinion of Oracle or any other party.