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NinjaCat
Asked: 2011-01-21 07:35:29 +0800 CST

mysql: option '--default-character-set' requires an argument

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Ubuntu 10.10 server When I run the following command: mysql

It tells me: mysql: option '--default-character-set' requires an argument

I've updated the my.cnf file to set the default character set, so I am perplexed. What am I missing?

I've got that line exactly... but something strange is that I have a file at: /etc/init/mysql.conf that has 

/usr/bin/mysqladmin --defaults-file="${HOME}"/debian.cnf ping && {
        exec "${HOME}"/debian-start
ubuntu mysql

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Exactly what does that line in your my.cnf look like, and what version of MySQL are you running? On my installation, it says 

    [mysql]
default-character-set=utf8

    as specified in the manual.

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