mysql>
mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'CHARACTER_SET%';
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client | latin1 |
| character_set_connection | latin1 |
| character_set_database | latin1 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | latin1 |
| character_set_server | latin1 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | c:\Java_Dev\WEB\release\rntsoftIDE\mysql\share\charsets\ |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>