Bug #74875 Docs: mysqlimport --default-character-set and earlier versions

• Submitted: 15 Nov 2014 1:35
• Modified: 18 Nov 2014 15:54
• Reporter: Federico Razzoli
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• OS: Any
• Assigned to: Paul DuBois
• CPU Architecture: Any

[15 Nov 2014 1:35] Federico Razzoli

Description:
In this page:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.6/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_default-character-s...

I read:

"Use charset_name as the default character set. See Section 10.5, “Character Set Configuration”. If no character set is specified, mysqldump uses utf8, and earlier versions use latin1."

What earlier versions? I don't think that this is true of any 5.6 version. In fact, in 4.1 documentation:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/mysqldump.html#option_mysqldump_default-character-s...

I read:

"If no character set is specified, mysqldump from MySQL 4.1.2 or later uses utf8, and earlier versions use latin1."

How to repeat:
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[16 Nov 2014 18:19] MySQL Verification Team

Thank you for the bug report.

[18 Nov 2014 15:54] Paul DuBois

Thank you for your bug report. This issue has been addressed in the documentation. The updated documentation will appear on our website shortly.

Removed the "and earlier versions" clause, which makes no sense past MySQL 4.1.