Index: branches/RC/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php
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diff -u -r9335 -r11357
--- branches/RC/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php	(.../cache_updater.php)	(revision 9335)
+++ branches/RC/core/units/categories/cache_updater.php	(.../cache_updater.php)	(revision 11357)
@@ -294,8 +294,11 @@
 				$this->Conn->Query($sql);
 			}
 
-			$this->Conn->Query('CREATE TABLE '.$this->progressTable.'(data LONGTEXT)');
+			$add_charset = defined(SQL_CHARSET)? ' CHARACTER SET '.SQL_CHARSET.' ' : '';
+			$add_collation = defined(SQL_COLLATION)? ' COLLATE '.SQL_COLLATION.' ' : '';
 
+			$this->Conn->Query('CREATE TABLE '.$this->progressTable.'(data LONGTEXT'.$add_charset.$add_collantion.') '.$add_charset.$add_collantion);
+
 			$this->totalCats = (int)$this->Conn->GetOne('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM '.TABLE_PREFIX.'Category');
 			$this->doneCats = 0;
 		}