Django mysql arabic encoding

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I've a django app with a mysql database. We are trying to launch the Arabic version of the website. The current language is English. For some reason when I write something in Arabic through the admin panel and click save, it shows ???? instead of the Arabic word i wrote. I've no idea how to fix it.

I followed this post and added #-*- coding: utf-8 -*- to my admin.py, models.py and views.py files. It didn't work

I also added these to my.conf mysql file to change the character set. It didn't work either.

character-set-server=utf8
collation-server=utf8_unicode_ci
init_connect='set collation_connection = utf8_unicode_ci;'

And what you have in the DB? Is there correct strings in Arabic or broken encoding? — Paul, Feb 20 '16 at 10:44
When i go through the shell and try to print them. It shows ??? — James L., Feb 20 '16 at 10:46
Like this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1049728/how-do-i-see-what-character-set-a-mysql-database-table-column-is — Paul, Feb 20 '16 at 10:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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Did you checked encoding of your database and your tables? If they are not in utf-8, you might try to convert it.

ALTER DATABASE dbname CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
ALTER TABLE tablename CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
ALTER TABLE `db_table_name` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci

(code is from here: Save Data in Arabic in MySQL database)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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How dod i run sql commands in django? Sorry but I'm very new to this. – James L. Feb 20 '16 at 13:09
None of those `ALTERs` are likely to impact the problem. They change the defaults, not the actual encoding. – Rick James Feb 20 '16 at 13:48

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '16 at 13:53

What probably happened:

you had utf8-encoded data (good)
SET NAMES latin1 was in effect (default, but wrong)
the column was declared CHARACTER SET latin1 (default, but wrong)

Please provide SHOW CREATE TABLE so we can formulate an ALTER to fix the columns.

Django needs client_encoding: 'UTF8'; sorry, I don't know where that goes.

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