Can't store UTF-8 in RDS despite setting up new Parameter Group using Rails on Heroku
- by Lail
I'm setting up a new instance of a Rails(2.3.5) app on Heroku using Amazon RDS as the database. I'd like to use UTF-8 for everything. Since RDS isn't UTF-8 by default, I set up a new Parameter Group and switched the database to use that one, basically per this. Seems to have worked:
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE '%character%';
character_set_client …
