I’m pleased to report I’ve solved the odd database issue I was experiencing. Sadly, I don’t think I can go into much detail about what exactly I did; I am just no MySQL wizard, and I placed complete trust and confidence in the expertise of others. I do know it had something to do with my database’s charset and various differences between MySQL 4.0 and MySQL 5.0, but I honestly couldn’t explain anything beyond that.
For those who are experiencing the same problem and are looking for a solution, I followed the instructions at this blog.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming…