Bug 304550: Bugzilla should always store data in MySQL as UTF-8

Patch By Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@bugzilla.org> r=LpSolit, a=justdave

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Bugzilla/Config/Common.pm b/Bugzilla/Config/Common.pm
index 8b94220f8..a609936c0 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Config/Common.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Config/Common.pm
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ use base qw(Exporter);
        check_opsys check_shadowdb check_urlbase check_webdotbase
        check_netmask check_user_verify_class check_image_converter
        check_languages check_mail_delivery_method check_notification
-       check_timezone
+       check_timezone check_utf8
 );
 
 # Checking functions for the various values
@@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ sub check_sslbase {
     return "";
 }
 
+sub check_utf8 {
+    my $utf8 = shift;
+    # You cannot turn off the UTF-8 parameter if you've already converted
+    # your tables to utf-8.
+    my $dbh = Bugzilla->dbh;
+    if ($dbh->isa('Bugzilla::DB::Mysql') && $dbh->bz_db_is_utf8 && !$utf8) {
+        return "You cannot disable UTF-8 support, because your MySQL database"
+               . " is encoded in UTF-8";
+    }
+    return "";
+}
+
 sub check_priority {
     my ($value) = (@_);
     my $legal_priorities = get_legal_field_values('priority');