For years, our database was latin1_swedish_ci collation.
Sometime last year, in order to curb some of the linkpoint_api errors we were getting with invalid XML characters due to foreign addresses, we changed many tables to be utf8_unicode_ci collation.
Now that we have upgraded to 1.5.1, I notice that our database is still a mixture of both these collations. Some tables are UTF8, others are Latin1.
We are experiencing major MySQL hangups that are slowing down and crippling our server recently, and I'm trying to narrow down anything that could be causing it.
MY QUESTION: was is the RECOMMENDED collation for all database tables in ZenCart? Should I go ahead and make sure ALL TABLES are utf8_unicode_ci, or should I revert everything back to latin1_swedish_ci?
For the record, I noticed that in the zencart Config files, the following variable is set: define('DB_CHARSET', 'utf8');
Looking forward to a response!
- Jeff
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