[Mediawiki-l] Wrong database, maybe

[Javier Bezos]

I wrote:

> $searchon = $this->db->strencode( $searchon );
> by
> $searchon = $this->db->strencode( $wgContLang->lc ($searchon) );
>
> words are found. I'm using this as a workaround, but I'm investigating
> the origin of the problem (any hints?).

Found. The problem is in the database. For some reason they have
decided the table searchindex should have a collation using latin1 :-(.
So I repeat my second question:

> 2) In the medium term, and with the background above, which
> is the best approach to have a "correct" database and system
> again.

Cheers
Javier