+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ | character_set_client | utf8 | | character_set_connection | utf8 | | character_set_database | utf8 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | utf8 | | character_set_server | utf8 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/local/mysql-5.1.41-osx10.5-x86_64/share/charsets/ | +--------------------------+--------------------------------------------------------+ 8 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select version(); +-----------+ | version() | +-----------+ | 5.1.41 | +-----------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) mysql> select char(0x00FC); +--------------+ | char(0x00FC) | +--------------+ …