Mysql rake functions failing

Rails
1

im new to mac and ruby but have been through some tutorials using
sqlite
ive downloaded a plugin for geolocation and it needs mysql for
advanced functionality
however whenever i try to run the rake commads with mysql adapter, i
get errors

i created the ruby app using the -d mysql command
my database.yml looks as follows

development:
adapter: mysql
encoding: utf8
reconnect: false
database: geokit_v1
pool: 5
username: root
password: **** # hiddne root password
socket: /tmp/mysql.sock

rake db:create yields

Couldn’t create database for {“reconnect”=>false, “encoding”=>“utf8”,
“username”=>“root”, “adapter”=>“mysql”, “database”=>“geokit_v1”,
“pool”=>5, “password”=>’***’, “socket”=>"/tmp/mysql.sock"}, charset:
utf8, collation: utf8_general_ci (if you set the charset manually,
make sure you have a matching collation)

some posts about this topic say the charset may be misleading
yet in mysql if i see this

mysql> show variables like ‘char%’;
±-------------------------
±-------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name |
Value |
±-------------------------
±-------------------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client |
latin1 |
| character_set_connection |
latin1 |
| character_set_database |
latin1 |
| character_set_filesystem |
binary |
| character_set_results |
latin1 |
| character_set_server |
latin1 |
| character_set_system |
utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/local/mysql-5.1.40-osx10.5-x86_64/
share/charsets/ |
±-------------------------
±-------------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

rails 2.3.3
ruby 1.8.7
Server version: 5.1.40 MySQL Community Server (GPL)

this is super annoying
it has been for the whole weekend

please help

2

dan wrote:

Couldn’t create database for {“reconnect”=>false, “encoding”=>“utf8”,
“username”=>“root”, “adapter”=>“mysql”, “database”=>“geokit_v1”,
“pool”=>5, “password”=>’***’, “socket”=>"/tmp/mysql.sock"}, charset:
utf8, collation: utf8_general_ci (if you set the charset manually,
make sure you have a matching collation)

When you installed MySQL, you were presented with a screen asking your
for character set information. Do you remember what you chose? I never
specify my charset within the config file (I am not sure if this is
correct or not)

You can change the default char set through the MySQLAdmin tool and need
not worry when connecting with AR.

hth

ilan

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i did not get a screen asking for default character set
the instructions ive found to chang it (my.cnf , \C) do not seem to
take
using the \C command while logged into mysql seem to change some of
the character sets
but if i \q then restart my mysl -u root connection, when i run show
variables like ‘char%’; theyre all back to latin1

show how do i change it to utf8 for good?

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I use the MySQL Administrator gui, Options → Advanced.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html