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What does this PR do?

Adds an ExecScriptAsync(string scriptContent, Encoding encoding, CancellationToken ct = default) overload to every module that executes scripts: Cassandra, ClickHouse, CockroachDb, Db2, FirebirdSql, MariaDb, MongoDb, MongoDbAtlasLocal, MsSql, MySql, Oracle, PostgreSql and Redis. The overload uses the given encoding when it writes the script file into the container.

The existing ExecScriptAsync(string, CancellationToken) keeps its signature and calls the new overload with Encoding.Default. Its XML docs now say which encoding it uses. In MySql and MariaDb, the <see cref="ExecScriptAsync" /> doc reference became ambiguous, so it now points to the (string, CancellationToken) overload.

For MsSql, sqlcmd reads the script as UTF-8 unless told otherwise, so ExecScriptAsync now passes the encoding's code page with -f i:<code page> (input only, so the output read into ExecResult is unchanged). On .NET Core and later the existing overload passes 65001, which matches what sqlcmd already assumed. On .NET Framework it passes the ANSI code page, which fixes the MsSql corruption reported in the issue. The legacy v17 sqlcmd in images from before mid-2022 ignores -f and always reads UTF-8.

Why is it important?

The script content is always encoded with Encoding.Default. On .NET Framework that is the system's ANSI code page, so characters outside that code page are corrupted before the database ever reads the script. The issue reports this for MySql, and a comment on it reports the same for MsSql on .NET Framework 4.8. Callers can now pick the encoding their database client expects.

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dotnet test tests/Testcontainers.MySql.Tests
dotnet test tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests

The new ExecScriptWithEncodingReturnsSuccessful tests write the script as Latin-1 and read the inserted value back through ADO.NET. Encoding.Default is already UTF-8 on .NET 10, so a UTF-8 test would pass with or without this change; using Latin-1 makes the tests depend on the new parameter. The MySql test declares SET NAMES latin1; if the overload ignores the encoding, it reads back Grüße instead of Grüße. The MsSql test relies on the -f flag; without it, it reads back Gr��e.

Locally (macOS, .NET 10), the MySql and MsSql suites pass in all four configurations each, and the existing ExecScript tests for MariaDb, PostgreSql, Redis and MongoDb pass. I didn't run the Cassandra, ClickHouse, CockroachDb, Db2, FirebirdSql, MongoDbAtlasLocal or Oracle tests locally. Their change is identical, and CI covers them.

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  • The default stays Encoding.Default to avoid a behavior change. Changing it to UTF-8 would fix .NET Framework users with no code changes on their side. I'm happy to do that here or in a separate PR if you prefer.
  • A few other places still write content with Encoding.Default, such as MongoDbAtlasLocal init scripts added through WithResourceMapping. I left them out of scope.

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  • New Features
    • Database containers now accept an explicit text encoding when executing scripts. Existing overloads remain available and continue to use the system’s default encoding.

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ExecScriptAsync now accepts an explicit Encoding across database containers. Existing overloads delegate using Encoding.Default. MsSqlContainer also passes the selected code page to sqlcmd. MySQL and SQL Server tests verify Latin-1 script execution and retrieval of a non-ASCII value.

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Script encoding across database containers

Layer / File(s) Summary
Encoding-aware execution and validation
src/Testcontainers.*/...Container.cs, tests/Testcontainers.MySql.Tests/*, tests/Testcontainers.MsSql.Tests/*
Database containers use the supplied encoding when writing script content. Existing overloads retain the default encoding. MsSqlContainer passes the encoding code page to sqlcmd. MySQL and SQL Server tests verify Latin-1 script execution and retrieval of Grüße.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature · Severity of issue fixed: Low

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Suggested labels: enhancement, module

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The new encoding overload can fail or corrupt non-ASCII scripts across several database modules; client charset handling should be fixed before merging.

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Title check Passed The title clearly and concisely identifies the primary change: adding an encoding-aware ExecScriptAsync overload.
Description check Passed The description is complete and follows the repository template. It explains what changed, why it matters, related issue #1201, testing steps and results, untested modules, and follow-ups.
Linked Issues check Passed Issue #1201 requires an encoding parameter for script execution. The PR adds ExecScriptAsync(string, Encoding, CancellationToken) to the listed database modules. Each overload uses the supplied enco…
Out of Scope Changes check Passed The changes remain within issue #1201. The overloads implement the requested encoding support. The sqlcmd input code-page option, XML documentation, overload reference fixes, and integration tests s…
Docstring Coverage Passed Docstring coverage is 88.24% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 34 functions across 17 files.
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Issue #1201 requires an encoding parameter for script execution. The PR adds ExecScriptAsync(string, Encoding, CancellationToken) to the listed database modules. Each overload uses the supplied encoding to write the script. The existing overload delegates with Encoding.Default. The MySql and MsSql tests verify Latin-1 script handling. The MsSql sqlcmd -f i:&lt;code page&gt; change supports correct input decoding.

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The changes remain within issue #1201. The overloads implement the requested encoding support. The sqlcmd input code-page option, XML documentation, overload reference fixes, and integration tests support that implementation. No unrelated change is identified.

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Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.MsSql/MsSqlContainer.cs:
- Line 80: Update the script execution flow around CopyAsync so sqlcmd reads the
script using the supplied encoding’s supported code page, passing the matching
code page with -f; reject encodings sqlcmd cannot read rather than silently
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  • src/Testcontainers.Cassandra/CassandraContainer.cs
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  • src/Testcontainers.CockroachDb/CockroachDbContainer.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.Db2/Db2Container.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.FirebirdSql/FirebirdSqlContainer.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.MariaDb/MariaDbContainer.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.MongoDb/MongoDbContainer.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.MongoDbAtlasLocal/MongoDbAtlasLocalContainer.cs
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  • src/Testcontainers.MySql/MySqlContainer.cs
  • src/Testcontainers.Oracle/OracleContainer.cs
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Major · Pass the matching Firebird charset to isql, or reject… · FirebirdSqlContainer.cs:55-62

src/Testcontainers.FirebirdSql/FirebirdSqlContainer.cs:55-62
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | ⚡ Quick win

Pass the matching Firebird charset to isql, or reject unsupported encodings.

The overload writes bytes with the supplied Encoding, but isql runs without -charset. Firebird therefore uses NONE, which does not perform the required character-set conversion. For example, Encoding.Latin1 requires -charset ISO8859_1, and Encoding.UTF8 requires -charset UTF8. Otherwise, non-ASCII SQL values can be rejected or stored incorrectly.

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Review comment at @src/Testcontainers.FirebirdSql/FirebirdSqlContainer.cs around
lines 55 - 62:
Update ExecScriptAsync to pass isql the Firebird charset matching the supplied
Encoding so the script bytes are interpreted correctly; reject encodings that
cannot be mapped to a supported Firebird charset rather than running without
-charset.
Major · Set PostgreSQL’s client encoding before --file. · PostgreSqlContainer.cs:55-63

src/Testcontainers.PostgreSql/PostgreSqlContainer.cs:55-63
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Set PostgreSQL’s client encoding before --file.

This public overload writes the file with the supplied encoding, but psql keeps its current client encoding when it reads the file. A reachable Latin-1 call can therefore fail on non-ASCII bytes or convert them incorrectly.

Add a --command before --file that executes SET client_encoding TO ... using the canonical PostgreSQL name for the supplied Encoding. Do not pass Encoding.WebName blindly: .NET returns IANA names such as iso-8859-1, while PostgreSQL names that encoding LATIN1 and aliases it as ISO88591. Unsupported .NET encodings should be rejected or mapped explicitly.

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Review comment at @src/Testcontainers.PostgreSql/PostgreSqlContainer.cs around
lines 55 - 63:
Update ExecScriptAsync to add a --command before --file that sets PostgreSQL’s
client_encoding to the canonical PostgreSQL name for the supplied Encoding. Map
supported .NET encodings explicitly and reject or explicitly map unsupported
encodings; do not use Encoding.WebName without conversion.
Minor · Reject non-UTF-8 encodings for ClickHouse scripts. · ClickHouseContainer.cs:55-62

src/Testcontainers.ClickHouse/ClickHouseContainer.cs:55-62
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-UTF-8 encodings for ClickHouse scripts.

clickhouse-client --queries-file reads the copied file as raw bytes. It does not receive the supplied Encoding. Therefore, a script containing é encoded with Encoding.Latin1 can store byte 0xE9 instead of the UTF-8 bytes 0xC3 0xA9. ClickHouse String preserves arbitrary bytes, so this can silently store the wrong text bytes.

Reject unsupported encodings before copying the script.

Suggested fix
     public async Task<ExecResult> ExecScriptAsync(string scriptContent, Encoding encoding, CancellationToken ct = default)
     {
+        if (encoding.CodePage != Encoding.UTF8.CodePage)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("ClickHouse scripts must use UTF-8.", nameof(encoding));
+        }
+
         var scriptFilePath = string.Join("/", string.Empty, "tmp", Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D"), Path.GetRandomFileName());
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Review comment at @src/Testcontainers.ClickHouse/ClickHouseContainer.cs around
lines 55 - 62:
Update ExecScriptAsync to reject encodings whose code page is not UTF-8 before
creating the script file or calling CopyAsync; throw an ArgumentException
identifying the encoding parameter. Preserve the existing script execution flow
for UTF-8.
Minor · Reject non-UTF-8 encodings for the mongosh path. · MongoDbAtlasLocalContainer.cs:56-70

src/Testcontainers.MongoDbAtlasLocal/MongoDbAtlasLocalContainer.cs:56-70
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Reject non-UTF-8 encodings for the mongosh path.

ExecScriptAsync writes the supplied encoding and then calls mongosh load(...). mongosh loads that file with fs.readFile(..., 'utf8'). A Latin-1 script can therefore be decoded as UTF-8 and corrupt non-ASCII literals before execution.

Suggested fix
        var scriptFilePath = string.Join("/", string.Empty, "tmp", Guid.NewGuid().ToString("D"), Path.GetRandomFileName());

+       if (encoding.CodePage != Encoding.UTF8.CodePage)
+       {
+           throw new ArgumentException("Only UTF-8 is supported by mongosh.", nameof(encoding));
+       }
+
        await CopyAsync(encoding.GetBytes(scriptContent), scriptFilePath, fileMode: Unix.FileMode644, ct: ct)
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56 - 70:
Update ExecScriptAsync to reject encodings that are not UTF-8 before writing the
script file, so mongosh does not misdecode non-ASCII content; report the
unsupported encoding with an ArgumentException.
Minor · Configure the MariaDB client character set for the script encoding. · MariaDbContainer.cs:55-63

src/Testcontainers.MariaDb/MariaDbContainer.cs:55-63
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Configure the MariaDB client character set for the script encoding.

encoding.GetBytes(scriptContent) changes the file bytes, but mariadb --execute=source ... still uses its default client character set. For the mariadb:10.10.7 image, that default is latin1. A call with Encoding.UTF8 can therefore send UTF-8 bytes as Latin-1, which can corrupt or reject non-ASCII SQL.

Pass --default-character-set=<MariaDB charset mapped from encoding> to mariadb (for example, utf8mb4 for UTF-8 and latin1 for Latin-1). Do not pass Encoding.WebName without mapping it to a MariaDB charset name.

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Review comment at @src/Testcontainers.MariaDb/MariaDbContainer.cs around lines
55 - 63:
Update ExecScriptAsync to pass the MariaDB client’s --default-character-set
option when invoking mariadb, using a mapping from the supplied Encoding to a
MariaDB charset name rather than Encoding.WebName. Preserve the existing script
byte encoding and execution flow.
Minor · Match the mysql client character set to encoding. · MySqlContainer.cs:55-63

src/Testcontainers.MySql/MySqlContainer.cs:55-63
🗄️ Data Integrity & Integration | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Match the mysql client character set to encoding.

encoding.GetBytes(scriptContent) changes the file bytes, but the mysql command still uses its default client character set. A Latin-1 script with non-ASCII bytes can therefore be interpreted incorrectly.

The test starts with SET NAMES latin1, which is early enough to mask the defect. Pass --default-character-set=latin1 for Encoding.Latin1 at this execution boundary, with equivalent MySQL charset names for other supported encodings.

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Review comment at @src/Testcontainers.MySql/MySqlContainer.cs around lines 55 -
63:
Update ExecScriptAsync so the mysql client’s default character set matches the
supplied encoding when executing the script; map supported encodings to their
MySQL charset names and pass the matching charset option at this execution
boundary, including Latin-1 for Encoding.Latin1.

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Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.ClickHouse/ClickHouseContainer.cs:
- Around line 55-62: Update ExecScriptAsync to reject encodings whose code page
is not UTF-8 before creating the script file or calling CopyAsync; throw an
ArgumentException identifying the encoding parameter. Preserve the existing
script execution flow for UTF-8.

Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.FirebirdSql/FirebirdSqlContainer.cs:
- Around line 55-62: Update ExecScriptAsync to pass isql the Firebird charset
matching the supplied Encoding so the script bytes are interpreted correctly;
reject encodings that cannot be mapped to a supported Firebird charset rather
than running without -charset.

Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.MariaDb/MariaDbContainer.cs:
- Around line 55-63: Update ExecScriptAsync to pass the MariaDB client’s
--default-character-set option when invoking mariadb, using a mapping from the
supplied Encoding to a MariaDB charset name rather than Encoding.WebName.
Preserve the existing script byte encoding and execution flow.

Review comments at
@src/Testcontainers.MongoDbAtlasLocal/MongoDbAtlasLocalContainer.cs:
- Around line 56-70: Update ExecScriptAsync to reject encodings that are not
UTF-8 before writing the script file, so mongosh does not misdecode non-ASCII
content; report the unsupported encoding with an ArgumentException.

Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.MySql/MySqlContainer.cs:
- Around line 55-63: Update ExecScriptAsync so the mysql client’s default
character set matches the supplied encoding when executing the script; map
supported encodings to their MySQL charset names and pass the matching charset
option at this execution boundary, including Latin-1 for Encoding.Latin1.

Review comments at @src/Testcontainers.PostgreSql/PostgreSqlContainer.cs:
- Around line 55-63: Update ExecScriptAsync to add a --command before --file
that sets PostgreSQL’s client_encoding to the canonical PostgreSQL name for the
supplied Encoding. Map supported .NET encodings explicitly and reject or
explicitly map unsupported encodings; do not use Encoding.WebName without
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