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What should I do if I’m having problems with MOVES and my computer uses non-Latin characters?

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MOVES may fail to run if the operating system and MariaDB server are not both set to use UTF-8 character coding. This problem is seen most often on computers that are set to use languages other than English. MOVES does not recognize other character sets; using them will result in incorrect or incomplete output.

First, make sure the character set in the MariaDB my.ini file (typically saved in your MariaDB data folder) is set to UTF-8 with the line “character-set-server=utf8”.

Then make sure the operating system is also using UTF-8. In Windows 10, this problem is usually solved by changing the Region settings. The exact commands may vary with Windows version.