[CentOS] Using UTF8 under mysql in Centos6

On 06/04/2012 11:44 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote:
> 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??

Did you make sure your database is using utf8 as well? What does "show
variables like 'char%'" show?

Regards,
  Dennis