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[SOLVED][Drupal Errors] User warning: Illegal mix of collations (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1267)

Zyxware Technologies | | 1 min read

Many Drupal programmers, Drupal site admins and Drupal site users have encountered errors similar to "User warning: Illegal mix of collations (PDOException: SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 1267)" in their Drupal site. If you are facing the same situation in your Drupal site then read on to find out more.

Follow the steps below to solve the error.

  • Create a PHP file on the server
  • Copy the following code into it
     $value) {
mysql_query("ALTER TABLE $value COLLATE utf8_general_ci");
}}
echo "The collation of your database has been successfully changed!";
?>
  • Make sure to replace the placeholders with the appropriate values
  • Save and run the script

Hope that helps.

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Reference: http://drupal.org/node/571470

 

 

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