Hi! R. van Twisk wrote: > --- > SET CHARACTER SET UTF-8 > SET NAMES UTF-8 > --- Here is what I use: SET NAMES utf8 SET SESSION character_set_server=utf8 And notice that it is utf8, not utf-8. It is important. Dmitry. -- "It is our choices, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." (A.P.W.B.D.)