#!/usr/bin/perl # small script to convert mysql tables to utf-8 use strict; use warnings; use C4::Context; my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh(); my $sth = $dbh->prepare("Show tables"); $sth->execute(); while (my @table = $sth->fetchrow_array()) { print "Altering table $table[0]\n"; my $alter_query = "ALTER TABLE $table[0] convert to CHARACTER SET UTF8 collate utf8_general_ci"; my $sth2 = $dbh->prepare($alter_query); $sth2->execute(); $sth2->finish(); }