> utf8mb3 is an alias for utf8 which was introduced after utf8 I didn't know this - and although I don't use MySQL much these days it good to know, thank you.

> utf8mb3 is an alias for utf8 which was introduced after utf8 I didn't know this - and although I don't use MySQL much these days it good to know, thank you. > in SQL, each Unicode encoding is a CHARACTER SET.... I see what you mean. That's pretty confusing... > but in my experience if you open just that comment (via the “N minutes ago” link) the textbox for replying is there and works It totally does!