<html> <head> <title>Sequel Pro Help - Text Encoding</title> <meta name="AppleTitle" content="Text Encoding"> <meta name="AppleFont" content="Lucida Grande"> <meta ROBOTS="robots" CONTENT="anchors"> </head> <body text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#0000FF" vlink="#0000FF" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <font face="Lucida Grande,Geneva,Arial"> <br> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="80"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="70"> <img src="sequel-pro_logo.jpg" width="60" height="60" border="0"> </td> <td align="left"><h1>Text Encoding</h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <img src="bar.gif" width="100%" height="20"> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <font size="-1"> <a href="../index.html">Back to the main menu</a> <br> <br> You may choose the type of encoding for the data (text) that is stored in your MySQL database. There are two places to choose the encoding: the Preferences pane or the encoding pull-down bar at the bottom left of the application window. There are over 20 encodings for you to choose from. <br> <br> <b>In the Preferences Pane</b> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#fff8dc" valign="top"> <font size="-1" face="Lucida Grande,Geneva,Arial"> <ul> <li>Open up the "Preferences Pane" of Sequel Pro</li> <li>From the pull-down at the bottom left of the preferences window, labelled "Default Encoding", choose an option.</li> <li>The encoding you choose will be the default encoding for all future databases</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> <br> <b>In the Application Window</b> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td bgcolor="#fff8dc" valign="top"> <font size="-1" face="Lucida Grande,Geneva,Arial"> <ul> <li>In the main application window there will be a pull-down at the bottom left of the window labelled "Encoding".</li> <li>From the pull-down choose an encoding option.</li> <li>The encoding you choose will be the default encoding for all future databases</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </table> </font> </body> </html>