1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/modules/locale/locale.install b/modules/locale/locale.install
index 32d7d18d0..d9ef10afb 100644
--- a/modules/locale/locale.install
+++ b/modules/locale/locale.install
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
  * Implementation of hook_install().
  */
 function locale_install() {
+  // locales_source.source and locales_target.target are not used as binary
+  // fields; non-MySQL database servers need to ensure the field type is text
+  // and that LIKE produces a case-sensitive comparison.
+
   // Create tables.
   drupal_install_schema('locale');
 
@@ -350,6 +354,7 @@ function locale_schema() {
       ),
       'source' => array(
         'type' => 'text',
+        'mysql_type' => 'blob',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'description' => 'The original string in English.',
       ),
@@ -378,6 +383,7 @@ function locale_schema() {
       ),
       'translation' => array(
         'type' => 'text',
+        'mysql_type' => 'blob',
         'not null' => TRUE,
         'description' => 'Translation string value in this language.',
       ),