Hi Tobias
I had the same problem (and would appreciate a exim-based solution
too).
For completeness, I could get it working with this in [mysqld] section
of my.cnf:
init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8;'
AFAIR this sets the connection to utf8 on every connection
*server-side*, so there is no need for the client to process my.cnf.
This assumes no other client uses this mysql server and requires
another charset by default.
David
Am 15.07.2013 15:37, schrieb Tobias Dostal:
> Hi there,
>
> I was unable to get exim autoreply/vacation transport work with my
> mysql/utf8 tables so i had to do some research. I found these 2 old
> Mails:
>
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/exim/users/86382
>
> Arekm had the same Problem in 2009 and was able to fix it by using a
> SET NAMES utf8 query infront of every other.
> I think thats a really ugly solution but it works.
> Phil wrote then: it should work with the my.cnf entry
> "default-character-set=utf8" and Arekm said that it worked. - Problem
> solved.
>
> But then - 2011 there was this Mail from Todd Lyons:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/exim-users@exim.org/msg38835.html
>
> He had also some Problems with the my.cnf defaults File and exim4..
>
> "4. Our system already has default character set utf-8 in mysql on all
> machines, so settings in my.cnf were already present and didn't solve
> any issues for me."
>
> With that option it would be an easy way to solve my issue.. but it
> didnt work for me either..
>
> The Problem is:
> libmysql doesn't use for all connections the defaults-file (my.cnf) -
> you have to specify it with mysql_options() before using
> mysql_real_connect()
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/mysql-options.html
>
> exim source (4.80.1)
>
> mysql_handle = store_get(sizeof(MYSQL));
> mysql_init(mysql_handle);
> if (mysql_real_connect(mysql_handle,
> /* host user passwd database */
> CS sdata[0], CS sdata[2], CS sdata[3], CS sdata[1],
> port, CS socket, CLIENT_MULTI_RESULTS) == NULL)
> {
>
> There is no mysql_option(), so libmysql ignores all default-files
> (both the system-default-file and the user file in his home)
>
> Bad luck for me.. :)
>
> It would be nice to support that in the next release?
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Tobias
>
>
> Reference:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/exim-users@exim.org/msg38835.html -
> http://www.mail-archive.com/exim-users@exim.org/msg38836.html
> and
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/exim/users/86382
