Japanese and Russian Characters not showing when defining quickfilters

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Problem

When defining a quickfilter name for Agile Boards, if the name is using Japanese or Russian characters, it will be shown as "???"

Diagnosis

Environment

  • Only impacting users with Microsoft SQL Server Database

Diagnostic Steps

  • Run the following SQL to verify what data type is used for the 

    SELECT DATA_TYPE FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'AO_60DB71_QUICKFILTER' AND COLUMN_NAME = 'NAME';
  • Alternatively, you may check as below. Check on NAME and QUERY Column.
  • If result return VARCHAR, proceed to workaround

Cause

  • The bug is due to the data type for the columns, where the data type should be as NVARCHAR instead of VARCHAR

 

Workaround

Follow steps below

  • BACKUP YOUR DATABASE
  • STOP JIRA
  • Run the following in your database

    ALTER TABLE dbo.AO_60DB71_QUICKFILTER
    ALTER COLUMN NAME NVARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
    GO
    ALTER TABLE dbo.AO_60DB71_QUICKFILTER
    ALTER COLUMN QUERY NVARCHAR(255)
  • START JIRA
  • RETEST

Resolution

Last modified on Feb 26, 2016

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