How to define the use of utf-8 in Doctrine 2 in Zend Framework application.ini, when using Bisna

Question

The following ZendCasts cast, shows a way to use doctrine 2 in a zend framework environment.
Using this configuration, how can I make the connection use a utf-8 charset

Answer 1

For LoSo library and Doctrine 2 and MySQL add

resources.doctrine2.connection.driverOptions.1002 = "SET NAMES 'UTF8'"

to your application.ini