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-rw-r--r--django/core/db/backends/mysql.py7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 5a9012dffd..49bf7b56dd 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
Espen Grindhaug <http://grindhaug.org/>
Gustavo Picon
Brant Harris
+ hipertracker@gmail.com
Ian Holsman <http://feh.holsman.net/>
Kieran Holland <http://www.kieranholland.com>
Robert Rock Howard <http://djangomojo.com/>
diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
index 629ea8d71f..84fe416f64 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
@@ -65,9 +65,12 @@ class DatabaseWrapper:
if DATABASE_PORT:
kwargs['port'] = DATABASE_PORT
self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
+ cursor = self.connection.cursor()
+ if self.connection.get_server_info() >= '4.1':
+ cursor.execute("SET NAMES utf8")
if DEBUG:
- return base.CursorDebugWrapper(MysqlDebugWrapper(self.connection.cursor()), self)
- return self.connection.cursor()
+ return base.CursorDebugWrapper(MysqlDebugWrapper(cursor), self)
+ return cursor
def commit(self):
self.connection.commit()