read/write unicode data in MySql

Question

I am using MySql DB and want to be able to read & write unicode data values. For example, French/Greek/Hebrew values.

My client program is C# (.NET framework 3.

Answer 1

You need to set the db charset to UTF-8 (if you are using utf-8), collation for relevant tables/fields to utf, execute SET NAMES 'UTF-8' before doing queries, and of course make sure you set the proper encoding in the html that is showing the output.