Hans wrote:
Hi Huib,
I wouldn't be surprised ;-) But at which point should I have done that, and how?
Thanks for your reply!
Hans
Do you have $wgDBmysql5 = true; in your LocalSettings? Given that you are using an old db format it should stay off.
When dumping, did you provide a --default-character-set per http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki#Character_set ?