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Im trying to install 1.31.0 on MySQL 8.0.12 and im receiving the error 'Cannot access the database: Server sent charset unknown to the client. Please, report to the developers (localhost)' when running through the Wiki Installation, can anyone help?

I assume this error indicates it is actually connecting to the database? and that the issue is something else?

I believe I have fixed this error by adding:

[client]
default-character-set=utf8

[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8


[mysqld]
collation-server = utf8_unicode_ci
character-set-server = utf8

into my.ini (im running windows)

But now I get error: The server requested authentication method unknown to the client (localhost)

Hey, I have the same error (The server requested authentication method unknown), could you resolve the issue?

You can try googling "The server requested authentication method unknown", it gives some information about the error and how to fix that.