Hi,
Yes, thanks! That solved the problem. The "LocalSettings.php" file defaulted to "$wgDBmysql5 = true;".
:-) How did it went into your LocalSettings? Was it added by php update.php? Was it alreaddy there on 1.6 but not breaking?
I'm not really sure, actually, I didn't check LocalSettings post- and pre- update.php... I'll check next time...
I'll look into switching over the entire wiki & databases to UTF-8, I hope it goes smoothly but may come back for further assistance.
It should. Maybe it's time of removing the "THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL!" warning that has been there since 2005.
Maybe, I guess we'll see :)
Thanks! Marco