Malayalam data(in utf8 format) cannot be displayed

[Deepak Chauhan]

i used

'load data infile' command to load all the malayalam characters into a table.
the text file is of unicode encoding and evn the table of utf8 encoding.

the data gets stored into the table. but i cant see any characters in it.
it shows no of records in the table, but the characets are invisible.

after sorting the table, when i try puting it back to text file. only few
characters get stored in the file. i dont know whats happens to other
characters.

plz tell me how do i store malayalam characters in the table, get it sort, and
put it back on text file.