UTF8 Encoded SQL Scripts in initdb · Issue #131 · docker-library/mysql

I recently completed a project that populated the database with UTF8 encoded text. My script was able to create the database using the correct character-set, but the text data could not be properly imported. Apparently, the initdb scripts are assumed to be ascii encoded, so I had to make a minor modification to docker-entrypoint.sh. mysql=( mysql --protocol=socket --default_character_set=utf8 -uro