mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE "character_set%"; 
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
| Variable_name            | Value                                      | 
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
| character_set_client     | latin1                                     | 
| character_set_connection | latin1                                     | 
| character_set_database   | latin1                                     | 
| character_set_filesystem | binary                                     | 
| character_set_results    | latin1                                     | 
| character_set_server     | latin1                                     | 
| character_set_system     | utf8                                       | 
| character_sets_dir       | /opt/redmine-1.1.0-0/mysql/share/charsets/ | 
+--------------------------+--------------------------------------------+ 
8 rows in set (0.01 sec)