一、新装Mysql没有配置文件,需要创建配置文件/etc/my.cnf
cp /usr/share/doc/MySQL-server-community-5.1.36/my-large.cnf /etc/my.cnf
二、修改my.cnf
vi my.cnf
1. 在[mysqld]段中添加default-character-set=utf8
2. 在[client]中添加default-character-set=utf8
三、重启服务
service mysql restart
Shutting down MySQL.... [确定]
Starting MySQL. [确定]
三、验证结果
mysql
mysql> show variables like 'character_set_%';
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| 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/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> show variables like 'collation_%';
+----------------------+-----------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------+-----------------+
| collation_connection | utf8_general_ci |
| collation_database | utf8_general_ci |
| collation_server | utf8_general_ci |
+----------------------+-----------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)