просмотр и настрой кодировки mysql

$res=mysql_query("show variables like 'char%'");
while($rec=mysql_fetch_row($res)) {
print($rec[0] . " = " . $rec[1] . "
\n"); }
mysql_query("set character_set_client='UTF8'");
mysql_query ("set character_set_results='UTF8'");
mysql_query ("set collation_connection='UTF8_general_ci'");