Unicode support in c api

[Einav Itamar]

Hi,
I'm trying to insert a unicode string to mysql through c API.
the default character set is utf8.
I created a table:
CREATE TABLE uni3 (u VARCHAR(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 NOT NULL) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

and then connected from c api.
I also execute "set names utf8" after I connect.
Still, I'm trying to insert utf8 string:
mysql_real_query(&mysql,"INSERT INTO UNI3 SET U=_utf8'\x05\xd9';",33);
and get an error message
"Incorrect string value: '\xD9' for column 'u' at row 1"

Can anyone please help me???

Thanks,
Einav