mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘character_set_%‘;
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client | latin1 |
| character_set_connection | latin1 |
| character_set_database | latin1 |
| character_set_results | latin1 |
| character_set_server | latin1 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘collation_%‘;
+----------------------+-------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci |
| collation_database | latin1_swedish_ci |
| collation_server | latin1_swedish_ci |
+----------------------+-------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
默认就是瑞典latin1,一下是换成我们自己的编码，如utf8:
外部访问数据乱码的问题就出在这个connection连接层上,解决方法是在发送查询前执行一下下面这句：
1. SET NAMES ‘utf8‘;
它相当于下面的三句指令：
SET character_set_client = utf8;
SET character_set_results = utf8;
SET character_set_connection = utf8;
一般只有在访问之前执行这个代码就解决问题了，下面是创建数据库和数据表的，设置为我们自己的编码格式。
2. 创建数据库
mysql> create database name character set utf8;
3. 创建表
CREATE TABLE `type` (
`id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
`flag_deleted` enum(‘Y‘,‘N‘) character set utf8 NOT NULL default ‘N‘,
`flag_type` int(5) NOT NULL default ‘0‘,
`type_name` varchar(50) character set utf8 NOT NULL default ‘‘,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;
4. 修改数据库成utf8的.
mysql> alter database name character set utf8;
5. 修改表默认用utf8.
mysql> alter table type character set utf8;
6. 修改字段用utf8
mysql> alter table type modify type_name varchar(50) CHARACTER SET utf8; MySQL编码设置
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/perseverancevictory/p/4290892.html
