diff --git a/modules/setting/database.go b/modules/setting/database.go
index 7a7c7029a4..bb259f1fea 100644
--- a/modules/setting/database.go
+++ b/modules/setting/database.go
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ func LoadDBSetting() {
func loadDBSetting(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
sec := rootCfg.Section("database")
Database.Type = DatabaseType(sec.Key("DB_TYPE").String())
- defaultCharset := "utf8"
-
- if Database.Type.IsMySQL() {
- defaultCharset = "utf8mb4"
- }
Database.Host = sec.Key("HOST").String()
Database.Name = sec.Key("NAME").String()
@@ -74,9 +69,10 @@ func loadDBSetting(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
}
Database.Schema = sec.Key("SCHEMA").String()
Database.SSLMode = sec.Key("SSL_MODE").MustString("disable")
- Database.Charset = sec.Key("CHARSET").In(defaultCharset, []string{"utf8", "utf8mb4"})
- if Database.Type.IsMySQL() && defaultCharset != "utf8mb4" {
- log.Error("Deprecated database mysql charset utf8 support, please use utf8mb4 or convert utf8 to utf8mb4.")
+
+ Database.Charset = sec.Key("CHARSET").MustString("utf8mb4")
+ if Database.Type.IsMySQL() && Database.Charset != "utf8mb4" {
+ log.Error(`Deprecated database mysql charset utf8 support, please use utf8mb4 and convert utf8 database to utf8mb4 by "gitea convert".`)
}
Database.Path = sec.Key("PATH").MustString(filepath.Join(AppDataPath, "gitea.db"))
@@ -101,9 +97,9 @@ func loadDBSetting(rootCfg ConfigProvider) {
// DBConnStr returns database connection string
func DBConnStr() (string, error) {
var connStr string
- Param := "?"
- if strings.Contains(Database.Name, Param) {
- Param = "&"
+ paramSep := "?"
+ if strings.Contains(Database.Name, paramSep) {
+ paramSep = "&"
}
switch Database.Type {
case "mysql":
@@ -116,15 +112,15 @@ func DBConnStr() (string, error) {
tls = "false"
}
connStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s@%s(%s)/%s%scharset=%s&parseTime=true&tls=%s",
- Database.User, Database.Passwd, connType, Database.Host, Database.Name, Param, Database.Charset, tls)
+ Database.User, Database.Passwd, connType, Database.Host, Database.Name, paramSep, Database.Charset, tls)
case "postgres":
- connStr = getPostgreSQLConnectionString(Database.Host, Database.User, Database.Passwd, Database.Name, Param, Database.SSLMode)
+ connStr = getPostgreSQLConnectionString(Database.Host, Database.User, Database.Passwd, Database.Name, paramSep, Database.SSLMode)
case "mssql":
host, port := ParseMSSQLHostPort(Database.Host)
connStr = fmt.Sprintf("server=%s; port=%s; database=%s; user id=%s; password=%s;", host, port, Database.Name, Database.User, Database.Passwd)
case "sqlite3":
if !EnableSQLite3 {
- return "", errors.New("this binary version does not build support for SQLite3")
+ return "", errors.New("this Gitea binary was not built with SQLite3 support")
}
if err := os.MkdirAll(path.Dir(Database.Path), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to create directories: %w", err)
@@ -136,7 +132,7 @@ func DBConnStr() (string, error) {
connStr = fmt.Sprintf("file:%s?cache=shared&mode=rwc&_busy_timeout=%d&_txlock=immediate%s",
Database.Path, Database.Timeout, journalMode)
default:
- return "", fmt.Errorf("Unknown database type: %s", Database.Type)
+ return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown database type: %s", Database.Type)
}
return connStr, nil
diff --git a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
index 788582db95..d6eac9e5a5 100644
--- a/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
+++ b/options/locale/locale_en-US.ini
@@ -192,11 +192,9 @@ host = Host
user = Username
password = Password
db_name = Database Name
-db_helper = Note to MySQL users: please use the InnoDB storage engine and if you use "utf8mb4", your InnoDB version must be greater than 5.6 .
db_schema = Schema
db_schema_helper = Leave blank for database default ("public").
ssl_mode = SSL
-charset = Charset
path = Path
sqlite_helper = File path for the SQLite3 database.
Enter an absolute path if you run Gitea as a service.
reinstall_error = You are trying to install into an existing Gitea database
diff --git a/routers/install/install.go b/routers/install/install.go
index 16bb55b685..b76b7fdc30 100644
--- a/routers/install/install.go
+++ b/routers/install/install.go
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ func Install(ctx *context.Context) {
form.DbName = setting.Database.Name
form.DbPath = setting.Database.Path
form.DbSchema = setting.Database.Schema
- form.Charset = setting.Database.Charset
curDBType := setting.Database.Type.String()
var isCurDBTypeSupported bool
@@ -268,7 +267,6 @@ func SubmitInstall(ctx *context.Context) {
setting.Database.Name = form.DbName
setting.Database.Schema = form.DbSchema
setting.Database.SSLMode = form.SSLMode
- setting.Database.Charset = form.Charset
setting.Database.Path = form.DbPath
setting.Database.LogSQL = !setting.IsProd
@@ -382,7 +380,6 @@ func SubmitInstall(ctx *context.Context) {
cfg.Section("database").Key("PASSWD").SetValue(setting.Database.Passwd)
cfg.Section("database").Key("SCHEMA").SetValue(setting.Database.Schema)
cfg.Section("database").Key("SSL_MODE").SetValue(setting.Database.SSLMode)
- cfg.Section("database").Key("CHARSET").SetValue(setting.Database.Charset)
cfg.Section("database").Key("PATH").SetValue(setting.Database.Path)
cfg.Section("database").Key("LOG_SQL").SetValue("false") // LOG_SQL is rarely helpful
diff --git a/services/forms/user_form.go b/services/forms/user_form.go
index 1315fb237b..0a3d76dd99 100644
--- a/services/forms/user_form.go
+++ b/services/forms/user_form.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ type InstallForm struct {
DbPasswd string
DbName string
SSLMode string
- Charset string `binding:"Required;In(utf8,utf8mb4)"`
DbPath string
DbSchema string
diff --git a/templates/install.tmpl b/templates/install.tmpl
index 52be6a6013..0ef1cd88b9 100644
--- a/templates/install.tmpl
+++ b/templates/install.tmpl
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@