@Sergiu, thanks for your comments!
select distinct charset(xwd_content) from xwikidoc;
gives +----------------------+ | charset(xwd_content) | +----------------------+ | utf8 | +----------------------+ Besides, I just can't setup the complete MySQL instance as UTF-8 since there are other databases online which I don't want to fiddle with.
http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/mysql/mysql-connector-java/5.1.12/mysql-connec...
nope, haven't done that, but will do within the next few minutes and keep you posted @Anca
xwiki.store.migration=0
Is this bothering you? could you try to leave it to the default and checkout how it goes?
Will do that, you should see the result of your suggestions within 30 minutes on this list ;) Cheers & thanks again Gregor -- just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after you... gpgp-fp: 79A84FA526807026795E4209D3B3FE028B3170B2 gpgp-key available @ http://pgpkeys.pca.dfn.de:11371 @ http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/ skype:rc46fi