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title: "Database"
manual: "TYPO3 Explained"
version: "13.4"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/t3coreapi:troubleshooting-database@13.4"
source: "Administration/Troubleshooting/Database.rst"
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---

# Database {#troubleshooting-database}

## MySQL {#troubleshooting-database-mysql}

### Character Set {#troubleshooting-character-sets}

TYPO3 uses UTF-8 encoding, you will need to ensure that your
instance of MySQL also uses UTF-8. When installing TYPO3 for
the first time, you can select UTF-8 encoding when you create
the database for the first time. For an existing database, you
will have to set each table and column to use UTF-8.