Doc: Set default character set for MySQL The system's default (at least for MariaDB) is utf8mb4, and when it is used - 255 chars for primary key is too long (error: Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes) Change-Id: I1120f07079e6c9aa9a570d3da64aecd33216650a
diff --git a/Documentation/database-setup.txt b/Documentation/database-setup.txt index db4069b..2dbec2d 100644 --- a/Documentation/database-setup.txt +++ b/Documentation/database-setup.txt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ mysql CREATE USER 'gerrit2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'secret'; - CREATE DATABASE reviewdb; + CREATE DATABASE reviewdb DEFAULT CHARACTER SET 'utf8'; GRANT ALL ON reviewdb.* TO 'gerrit2'@'localhost'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; ----