Cannot store UTF8 characters in MySQL

Question

Cannot find the reason why I am unable to store in a MySQL database characters like ţ, î, ş.

My table definition is:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `gen_         


        

Answer 1

Check your MySQL initialization file. It should include these character-set lines:

[client]
port=3306

[mysql]
default-character-set=utf8
port = 3306
#
[mysqld]
basedir=".....
#Path to the database root
datadir=".....
# The default character set that will be used when a new schema or table is
# created and no character set is defined
character-set-server=utf8