I tried to install for test purposes a clean 7.11.18 version by using utf8mb4 collation and the install stopped creating the fourth database table with the following error message
…Database error. Please check suitecrm.log for details.
suitecrm.log says:
Tue Apr 27 13:07:07 2021 [116044][-none-][FATAL] Mysqli_query failed.
Tue Apr 27 13:07:07 2021 [116044][-none-][FATAL] Error creating table: leads: Query Failed: CREATE TABLE leads (id char(36) NOT NULL ,date_entered datetime NULL ,date_modified datetime NULL ,modified_user_id char(36) NULL ,created_by char(36) NULL ,description text NULL ,deleted bool DEFAULT ‘0’ NULL ,assigned_user_id char(36) NULL ,salutation varchar(255) NULL ,first_name varchar(100) NULL ,last_name varchar(100) NULL ,title varchar(100) NULL ,photo varchar(255) NULL ,department varchar(100) NULL ,do_not_call bool DEFAULT ‘0’ NULL ,phone_home varchar(100) NULL ,phone_mobile varchar(100) NULL ,phone_work varchar(100) NULL ,phone_other varchar(100) NULL ,phone_fax varchar(100) NULL ,lawful_basis text(100) NULL ,date_reviewed date NULL ,lawful_basis_source varchar(100) NULL ,primary_address_street varchar(150) NULL ,primary_address_city varchar(100) NULL ,primary_address_state varchar(100) NULL ,primary_address_postalcode varchar(20) NULL ,primary_address_country varchar(255) NULL ,alt_address_street varchar(150) NULL ,alt_address_city varchar(100) NULL ,alt_address_state varchar(100) NULL ,alt_address_postalcode varchar(20) NULL ,alt_address_country varchar(255) NULL ,assistant varchar(75) NULL ,assistant_phone varchar(100) NULL ,converted bool DEFAULT ‘0’ NULL ,refered_by varchar(100) NULL ,lead_source varchar(100) NULL ,lead_source_description text NULL ,status varchar(100) NULL ,status_description text NULL ,reports_to_id char(36) NULL ,account_name varchar(255) NULL ,account_description text NULL ,contact_id char(36) NULL ,account_id char(36) NULL ,opportunity_id char(36) NULL ,opportunity_name varchar(255) NULL ,opportunity_amount varchar(50) NULL ,campaign_id char(36) NULL ,birthdate date NULL ,portal_name varchar(255) NULL ,portal_app varchar(255) NULL ,website varchar(255) NULL , PRIMARY KEY (id), KEY idx_lead_acct_name_first (account_name, deleted), KEY idx_lead_last_first (last_name, first_name, deleted), KEY idx_lead_del_stat (last_name, status, deleted, first_name), KEY idx_lead_opp_del (opportunity_id, deleted), KEY idx_leads_acct_del (account_id, deleted), KEY idx_del_user (deleted, assigned_user_id), KEY idx_lead_assigned (assigned_user_id), KEY idx_lead_contact (contact_id), KEY idx_reports_to (reports_to_id), KEY idx_lead_phone_work (phone_work), KEY idx_leads_id_del (id, deleted)) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci: MySQL error 1709: Index column size too large. The maximum column size is 767 bytes.
Is this problem caused by the ISP?