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Re:In MySQL, use “utf8mb4” instead of “utf8” (2016) by pshc on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:46PM (#29910226)
Quietly corrupting data and shipping with the wrong default settings is what MySQL is all about! Keeps the consultants busy.
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Re:In MySQL, use “utf8mb4” instead of “utf8” (2016) by taf2 on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @12:56PM (#29910417)
It’s also easy to imagine how it happens… const char *buffer = malloc(…; memcpy;… etc… pretty fast pretty straight forward
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