SQL Error

[Cerillium]

Having some errors when I try to post. This is the text:

General Error
SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]

Incorrect string value: '\xF0\x9F\x98\xAD [...' for column 'post_text' at row 1 [1366]

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Using Firefox Quantum 65.0.1

[Valentine Z]

I don't claim to know it all, but... do you happen to have an emoji inside there?

Not the NS Smilies like , but an emoji you use on a phone.

[Havarland]

I've had this error as well and i use safari

[Luna Amore]

I don't claim to know it all, but... do you happen to have an emoji inside there?

Not the NS Smilies like , but an emoji you use on a phone.

It's this. The code matches the 'loudly crying face' emoji.

[Trotterdam]

24 days since the last time this came up.

I know that upgrading the forum software to handle full Unicode would be more hassle than it's worth, but would it be possible to at least adjust the error message to make it more clear what the problem is?