From ddf2b7d96b1048b1210d2315d92275496352ccaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Niclas Olofsson <n@niclasolofsson.se>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 13:36:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [1.7.x] Fixed #22305 -- Added note to docs about UTF8
 database requirement.

Backport of 08b85de9b7 from master
---
 docs/ref/databases.txt | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 02d363593c..bee9339bb9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ either restore Django's defaults at the end of each request, force an
 appropriate value at the beginning of each request, or disable persistent
 connections.
 
+Encoding
+--------
+
+Django assumes that all databases use UTF-8 encoding. Using other encodings may
+result in unexpected behavior such as "value too long" errors from your
+database for data that is valid in Django. See the database specific notes
+below for information on how to set up your database correctly.
+
 .. _postgresql-notes:
 
 PostgreSQL notes