Update OTRS 2.3.4 -> 2.4.3 - DB convert latin1 -> utf8

Hi there, I have a little problem. I´m running OTRS 2.3.4 without ITSM and want to upgrade it to the new 2.4.3 with ITSM. Just in case that there are some problems, I´ve set up a test enviroment. The Upgrade worked fine for me, following the instruktion in the Upgrade file. But the tickets are not shown Properly in the ticket system. I just get to see the ticket number but the content is gone. When I look in the Admin Support Assessment I get the error message that the charset is latin1 instead of utf8. Now I would like to know if there is a possibility to convert the DB to utf8 without loosing all the tickets in the system. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Markus Moj Technik TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH In der Steele 2 D-40599 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 211 88 26 80 14 Fax: +49 211 88 26 70 14 eMail: MMoj@TimoCom.com www.TimoCom.com Geschäftsführer: Jens Thiermann, Gunther Matzaitis Amtsgericht Düsseldorf, HRB 34489

I had the same problem (content of the ticket empty), for me wasn't a
charset problem.
I've restored a previuosly backed up otrs db and restarted with step 1 of
migration. After that data was correct either if 4/5 tables resulted to be
latin. After a period of time overwathing the system just to be sure that it
was all ok, I've used phpmyadmin to assign utf_general_ci to the tables that
weren't so without problems (obviusoly there should be mysql manual command
to do that but I'm a lazy boy ;) )
MV
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM,
Hi there, I have a little problem. I´m running OTRS 2.3.4 without ITSM and want to upgrade it to the new 2.4.3 with ITSM. Just in case that there are some problems, I´ve set up a test enviroment. The Upgrade worked fine for me, following the instruktion in the Upgrade file. But the tickets are not shown Properly in the ticket system. I just get to see the ticket number but the content is gone. When I look in the Admin Support Assessment I get the error message that the charset is latin1 instead of utf8. Now I would like to know if there is a possibility to convert the DB to utf8 without loosing all the tickets in the system.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Markus Moj Technik
TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH In der Steele 2 D-40599 Düsseldorf Tel: +49 211 88 26 80 14 Fax: +49 211 88 26 70 14 eMail: MMoj@TimoCom.com www.TimoCom.com Geschäftsführer: Jens Thiermann, Gunther Matzaitis Amtsgericht Düsseldorf, HRB 34489
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Did you run the sql-update scripts as described in section 6 in the install FAQ - http://faq.otrs.org/otrs/public.pl?Action=PublicFAQ&ItemID=301 ?
I had the same problem with an upgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.4.2. After I ran the scripts, the tickets had all the information intact.
--Lars
From: otrs-bounces@otrs.org [mailto:otrs-bounces@otrs.org] On Behalf Of Marco Vannini
Sent: 20. august 2009 15:22
To: User questions and discussions about OTRS.
Subject: Re: [otrs] Update OTRS 2.3.4 -> 2.4.3 - DB convert latin1 -> utf8
I had the same problem (content of the ticket empty), for me wasn't a charset problem.
I've restored a previuosly backed up otrs db and restarted with step 1 of migration. After that data was correct either if 4/5 tables resulted to be latin. After a period of time overwathing the system just to be sure that it was all ok, I've used phpmyadmin to assign utf_general_ci to the tables that weren't so without problems (obviusoly there should be mysql manual command to do that but I'm a lazy boy ;) )
MV
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:04 PM,

Well I ran the scripts which are mentioned in the Upgrade file. I´m running
my OTRS on a Linux CentOS 5.3 Server with mod_perl, so I don´t know if the
manual from the win wolrd would help me out, but I´ll have a look just in
case I oversaw something.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards
Markus Moj
Technik
TimoCom Soft- und Hardware GmbH
In der Steele 2
D-40599 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 211 88 26 80 14
Fax: +49 211 88 26 70 14
eMail: MMoj@TimoCom.com
www.TimoCom.com
Geschäftsführer: Jens Thiermann, Gunther Matzaitis
Amtsgericht Düsseldorf, HRB 34489
From: Lars Lindgård
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Lars Lindgård
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Marco Vannini
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MMoj@timocom.com