From a5cdf27534fdfefc11cbcf5a5b7da5e6825c2b3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Till Skrodzki Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 21:24:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for DB_APPENDIX --- docs/faq.rst | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst index 5b4c153f..5caa5be9 100644 --- a/docs/faq.rst +++ b/docs/faq.rst @@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ Admin container fails to connect to external MariaDB database ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` If the admin container is `unable to connect to an external MariaDB database due to incompatible collation`_, you may need to change the ``SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI`` setting to ensure the right connector is used. +Alternatively, you may set ``DB_APPENDIX`` accordingly. For example: ``?collation=utf8mb4_unicode_ci`` is appended as is just after the database name in case DB_TYPE and related values are set. MariaDB has no support for utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci which is the new default since MySQL version 8.0.