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I would like to use the collation utf8_german2_ci in my linux server. The problem is that I want to use this character ß which is not supported in other collation I think. So I get this error ERROR 1273 (HY000): Unknown collation: utf8_german2_ci, which is normal since when I use

show collation like 'utf8%'

there isn't this one collation.

Do u know how I could download it or use it?

Thanks in advance!

Dimitra

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  • Which software are you referring to?
    – scai
    Sep 25, 2013 at 13:46
  • it is a linux server Sep 25, 2013 at 13:50

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The utf8_german2_ci collation is only available in MySQL 5.6 or higher. Previous versions of MySQL do not contain it.

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  • I tried to upgrade it but it seems that I can't. Is there a way to use it somehow else? Sep 25, 2013 at 14:48
  • Sorry, no, you will have to use MySQL 5.6 or higher. Sep 25, 2013 at 14:51
  • Do you know if there is a tutorial that I could use to install MySQL 5.6 in my linux debian server? Sep 26, 2013 at 10:07

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