# Cannot create Jackrabbit tables in MySQL

The Pentaho solution repository uses long text strings that require a longer maximum character limit than the default UTF-8 configuration allows. Using UTF-8 will prevent the MySQL initialization scripts from running during installation.

If your MySQL character set is configured to use UTF-8, you must change it to ASCII to use it as a Pentaho solution database.


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