[TYPO3] utf-8 problem

[Markus Rathmayr]

Hi,

i have to do an import of a product list into typo3. I'd like to do with 
phpmyadmin via text files. the problem ist that the special characters 
in the various languages are either wrong in typo3 surface or in the 
phpmyadmin surface but both are configured to use utf-8.

does anyone have an idea how to import textfiles into mysql via 
phpmyadmin with utf-8 encoding without losing the special characters in 
  typo3?

thanx

markus