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+#!/bin/bash
+
+#######################################################################
+#                                                                     #
+# convert_latin1_db_to_utf8.sh  Version 0.0.1                         #
+#                                                                     #
+# Converts an existing latin1 mysql database into utf8                #
+#                                                                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2008  Michael Cargile, Vicidial Group Inc.            #
+#                                                                     #
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or       #
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License         #
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2      #
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.              #
+#                                                                     #
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,     #
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of      #
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the       #
+# GNU General Public License for more details.                        #
+#                                                                     #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License   #
+# along with this program; if not, write to:                          #
+#        Free Software Foundation, Inc.                               #
+#        51 Franklin Street                                           #
+#        Fifth Floor                                                  #
+#        Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.                                 #
+#                                                                     #
+#######################################################################
+
+if [ "$1" == "--help" ]
+then
+	echo "Converts an existing latin1 mysql database into utf8"
+	echo "usage:"
+	echo "convert_latin1_db_to_utf8.sh database database_host data_user database_password"
+
+	exit
+fi
+
+DBNAME=$1
+DBHOST=$2
+DBUSER=$3
+DBPASS=$4
+
+MYDUMP=`which mysqldump`
+MYSQL=`which mysql`
+ICONV=`which iconv`
+
+FILE="back_up.sql"
+FILEUTF8="back_up_uft8.sql"
+
+`$MYSQLDUMP -h $DBHOST -u $DBUSER --password=$DBPASS --default-character-set=latin1 -c --insert-ignore --skip-set-charset $DBNAME > $FILE`
+
+`$ICONV -f ISO-8859-1 -t UTF-8 $FILE > $FILEUTF8`
+
+`$MYSQL -h $DBHOST -u $DBUSER --password=$DBPASS --execute="DROP DATABASE $DBNAME; CREATE DATABASE $DBNAME CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;"`
+
+`$MYSQL -h $DBHOST -u $DBUSER --password=$DBPASS --max_allowed_packet=16M -p --default-character-set=utf8 $DBNAME < $FILEUTF8`
+
+# Uncomment the next two lines to delete the backup and the converted backup
+#rm $FILE
+#rm $FILEUTF8