From e23eeafeaa5a1253fc89c6f115b0c7689c5b5dfd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wilfred Kigenyi <wkigenyi@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2023 08:48:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] FINERACT-1851

---
 fineract-provider/build.gradle | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index 73af63482..2c73d83be 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ task createDB {
     description= "Creates the MariaDB Database. Needs database name to be passed (like: -PdbName=someDBname)"
     doLast {
         def sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mariadb://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'org.mariadb.jdbc.Driver' )
-        sql.execute( 'create database '+"`$dbName`" )
+        sql.execute( 'CREATE DATABASE '+"`$dbName` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
     }
 }
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ task createMySQLDB {
     description= "Creates the MySQL Database. Needs database name to be passed (like: -PdbName=someDBname)"
     doLast {
         def sql = Sql.newInstance( 'jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/', mysqlUser, mysqlPassword, 'com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver' )
-        sql.execute( 'create database '+"`$dbName`" )
+        sql.execute( 'CREATE DATABASE '+"`$dbName` CHARACTER SET utf8mb4" )
     }
 }