The local mysql and the remote one are the same version? This collations issue occurs only with mysql 4.1+, but the connection
string changes were supposed to fix. As workaround, you can try to set the key "database.connection.string" by "hand":
Please note that if this key is in jforum-custom.conf, you need to change there.
Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]