MySql modifies the encoding and character set to enter the database installation directory: C:/Program Files/MySQL Server 5.0. find The INI file at www.2cto.com client section # -------------------------------------------------------------------- # The following options will be read by MySQL client applications. # Note that only client applications are shipped by MySQL are guaranteed # to read this section. if you want your own MySQL client program to # honor these values, you need to specify it as an option during the # MySQL client library initialization. # [client] port = 3306 [mysql] default-character-set = utf8 # ------------------------------------------------------------------ in this section, you can modify the character set ********************************* used by the database ********************************* **************************************** ** [mysqld] # The TCP/IP Port the MySQL Server will listen onport = 3306 # Path to installation directory. all paths are usually resolved relative to this. basedir = "C:/Program Files/MySQL Server 5.0/" # Path to the database rootdatadir = "C: /Program Files/MySQL Server 5.0/Data/"# The default character set that will be used when a new schema or table is # created and no character set is defineddefault-character- set = utf8 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------- in this section, you can modify the encoding used by the database.