Title: WordPress database error: [Unknown collation: 'UTF']
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress database error: [Unknown collation: 'UTF']

 *  Resolved [MAT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovelymat/)
 * (@lovelymat)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/)
 * **anybody plz help me…..
    I am using Wamp 5 with Windows XP SP3, I want to install
   wordpress, I download latest version 3.0.3 of the wordpress before installation
   of wordpress I create mysql DB & fill out all information of DB in wp-config.
   php When I filled out welcome form on this link “[http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php&#8221](http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php&#8221);&
   click on Install wordpress button then following error generated plz help me 
   to resolve this error following list is too much lengthy so I paste here starting
   part of errors :
 * WordPress database error: [Unknown collation: ‘UTF’]

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 *  [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/)
 * (@emiluzelac)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/#post-1852975)
 * WAMP5 is an outdated version of [Wamp Server 2](http://www.wampserver.com/en/download.php).
   Why don’t you try that instead? Make sure that WAMP5 is uninstalled prior to 
   the latest Wamp Server installation.
 *  Thread Starter [MAT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovelymat/)
 * (@lovelymat)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/#post-1853254)
 * Hello
    I tried Wamp latest version WampServer2.1e but after installation mysql
   service did not start & it gives error: “Could not start the wampmysqld service
   could not start on local computer Error 1067: The process terminated unexpectedly”
 * plz helpe me to resolve this problem
 * Thnx & regards
    MAT
 *  [Emil Uzelac](https://wordpress.org/support/users/emiluzelac/)
 * (@emiluzelac)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/#post-1853281)
 * Try checking this:
 * >  open my.ini and find
   >  default-storage-engine=INNODB Change to: default-storage-
   > engine=MyISAM
 * I’m using [XAMPP](http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html), you might want
   to try that. With this I never had any problems at all.
 *  Thread Starter [MAT](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lovelymat/)
 * (@lovelymat)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/#post-1853307)
 * thnx a lot sir…..
    I installed Xamp 1.7 version & i successfully installed wordpress
   🙂

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-database-error-unknown-collation-utf/#post-1853307)
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