Hello, Is the MySQL server that you are using MySQL4.1.x or MySQL5.0.x?
As for most binarys of PHP and MySQL, the default charset of the MySQL connection client is set as 'latin1'. Therefore, if charset with the server is not 'latin1', it is necessary to set the MySQL connection client properly. It is whether to set to use the charset that you use by default, to compile the binary or to set the MySQL connection first by 'SET NAMES' syntax. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/set-option.html Regards, -- Sumito_Oda mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]