id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
18392	Make MySQL backend default to utf8mb4 encoding	EmilStenstrom	bcail	"Background:
I just ran into a problem with iPhone emoji characters being saved into MySQL. The text was cut off after the first emoji character. After some research I found which explains how it works: http://mzsanford.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/mysql-and-unicode/

The recommendation is to use MySQL 5.5, and the ""utf8mb4"" encoding.

Suggestion:
Make ""utf8mb4"" the default encoding for MySQL 5.5 and up."	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	fixed	utf8mb4 mysql	kitsunde@… django@… cvrebert moggers87 flisky cmawebsite@… contact@… Jonas Trappenberg ask@… django@… emorley@… clokep@… Adam Johnson Clifford Gama bcail	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0