SET CHARACTER SET utf8;
SHOW VARIABLES like 'character_sets_dir';
Variable_name	Value
character_sets_dir	MYSQL_TEST_DIR/ß/
SHOW VARIABLES like 'character_set_filesystem';
Variable_name	Value
character_set_filesystem	latin1
SHOW VARIABLES like 'character_set_client';
Variable_name	Value
character_set_client	utf8
SET CHARACTER SET default;