Do I need a new table for a new language?

Question

Do I need to create a different table for each new language?

Here's a sample table:

field
id   
field
lang 
filter
count

Say someone inputs data in English, then they input data in Japanese, then they input data in Russian.... Is that going to be acceptable? Or rather, is there a good way to make it possible because I get the following error, making me believe that I should re-design:

Warning: #1366 Incorrect string value: '\xE8\x8B\xB1\xE8\xAA\x9E' for column 'field' at row 1

Answer 1

You can use Unicode to allow all languages within your database. Clients should also process and transfer captured data in Unicode.