1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

by Tormod Aagaard -
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I upgraded my test server from 1.6dev(some weeks old) to 1.6 beta, and the language in the content(not the moodle strings) got corrupted. That is non-ascii characters turned into garble, "æ" became "æ" f.ex.

Is this due to a doubling of the dbase migration process? (I didn't see any migration button, and everything was already 100% utf-8).



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Re: 1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

by Paul Nijbakker -

HI Tormod,

In our server langauge strings in finnish got corrupted by the database conversion carried out by moodle 1.6 dev, we have sine upgraded to 1.6 bea, but that made no dfference.

I wonder if there is an easy way to repair database content (with some kind of find and replace function).

Rgrds,
Paul.

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Re: 1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

by Martin Dougiamas -
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This may have happened if you were using the older dev versions and some early Unicode conversion code.

Since you were using developer versions, I assume you were using backups and non-production servers? wink Can you go back to a pre-1.6 backup and upgrade to 1.6 again?

It MIGHT help to remove the "unicodedb" entry from the 'config' table and try the conversion again (you'll see a dialog on the admin page with info). Chances are not good though.
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Re: 1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

by Joseph Rézeau -
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Hi Martin,
Just taking this opportunity to request CVS rights so I can upload my new regexp question type to Moodle repository.
My SourceForge account:
Account: joseph@rezeau.org
User Account Name: joseph_rezeau
Publicly Displayed Name: Joseph_Rezeau
Thanks in advance.
Joseph
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Re: 1.6dev to 1.6 beta: language in content corrupted

by Paul Nijbakker -
Hi Martin,

Thanks for your response. Yes, we used an old 1.6 dev version in a test server. We will make a new copy of our production database and try again with the latest 1.6 beta.

Rgrds,
Paul.
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