[CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

[C. L. Martinez]

On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 11:53 AM, David Hrbáč <david-lists at hrbac.cz> wrote:
> Dne 4.6.2012 11:44, C. L. Martinez napsal(a):
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  I am trying to configure utf8 in mysql under centos6 to display
>> special characters, like accents. I use this mysql instance to store
>> plain syslog logs. I have configured this under my.cnf:
>>
>> [mysqld]
>> init_connect = 'SET collation_connection = utf8_general_ci'
>> init_connect = 'SET NAMES utf8'
>> character-set-server = utf8
>> collation-server = utf8_general_ci
>>
>> [client]
>> default-character-set = utf8
>>
>> but it doesn't seems to work ... Any idea??
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> Hi,
> On C6 we use these directives:
> init_connect='SET NAMES utf8'
> character_set_server = utf8
> collation_server = utf8_general_ci
>
> David Hrbáč

Uhmm .. and nothing more?? The only difference with my config is the
underscore ...