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Sean McIntosh
Sean McIntosh
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Posted by Sean McIntosh
Sean McIntosh
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Error importing localwp database

When i try to import localwp.sql to my server hosted database using PHP MyAdmin the following error is displayed:

Error SQL query:

/*!40101 SET NAMES utf8mb4 */;

MySQL said: Documentation

1115 - Unknown character set: 'utf8mb4'

Can anyone help me out?

2 Answers

Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
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Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Try checking out this article: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21911733/error-1115-42000-unknown-character-set-utf8mb4-in-mysql

It sounds like the database you created and the one you are importing are not using the same character set. It may also have to do with needing to update your local MySQL.

Sean McIntosh
Sean McIntosh
18,966 Points
Sean McIntosh
Sean McIntosh
18,966 Points

Thanks Zac, I thought that may be the problem so i contacted my hosting support team and they moved me to a MYSQL 5.6 machine.