Re: character_set_xxx settings

[website-mysql]

I believe this is not true.

you can add this to your ini /my.cnf file

[client]
default-character-set=utf8

and the result is this:
mysql> status
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mysql Ver 14.7 Distrib 4.1.9, for unknown-freebsd5.3 (i386)

Connection id: 1
Current database:
Current user: root@localhost
SSL: Not in use
Current pager: stdout
Using outfile: ''
Using delimiter: ;
Server version: 4.1.9-log
Protocol version: 10
Connection: Localhost via UNIX socket
Server characterset: utf8
Db characterset: utf8
Client characterset: utf8
Conn. characterset: utf8
UNIX socket: /tmp/mysql.sock