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Asked: 2026-05-11T01:24:06+00:00

The mysql manual says that SET NAMES ‘x’ is equivalent to SET character_set_client =

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The mysql manual says that SET NAMES ‘x’ is equivalent to 

SET character_set_client = x;  SET character_set_results=x;  SET character_set_connection=x;

According to my config file for SERVER variables, I have all three of these set to utf8.

However, if I actually do a SHOW VARIABLES %character_set%, it shows the wrong character sets for connection, client, results, and server. This means I have to use the SET NAMES command for each connection.

I’m obviously doing something wrong, probably something simple, but it’s got me stumped. Any ideas?

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  1. So I’ve found an answer–for some reason, I had to set: skip-character-set-client-handshake

    I’m not sure why, but it works now.

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