From: C. L. Martinez <carlopmart at gmail.com> > [mysqld] > init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci' > init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8' > character-set-server = utf8 > collation-server = utf8_general_ci > but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea?? Ony difference from ours is: init_connect='set collation_connection = utf8_general_ci; set character set utf8;' JD