mysql如何支持utf8

[freecode]

我的平台是ubuntu5.10 server版本，mysql为4.0.24,我在my.cnf的[mysqld]中增加以下内容：
default-character-set=utf8

sudo /usr/sbin/mysqld时报，Character set 'utf8' is not a compiled character set and is not specified in the '/usr/share/mysql/charsets/Index' file

还有如果用sudo /etc/init.d/mysql restart启动时报：
/usr/bin/mysqladmin:connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error:'Can't connect to local Mysql server through socket 'var/run/mysql/mysqld.sock' (2)'
Check that mysqld is running and that the socket: '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' exists!

[telnetor]

一样的问题，期待高手出招援助，谢谢！

[ryan2]

我用源码的方式编译安装的mysql
安装完成后就支持utf8了

# MySQL 字符集: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)

[telnetor]

在/etc/mysql/my.cnf 中修改如下配置，保存并重启服务器就行了
[mysqld]
#
# * Basic Settings
#
user = mysql
pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock
port = 3306
basedir = /usr
datadir = /var/lib/mysql
tmpdir = /tmp
language = /usr/share/mysql/english
skip-external-locking
max_connections = 500
wait_timeout= 200
interactive_timeout = 200
connect_timeout = 200
character_set_server = utf8
#

[telnetor]

我用源码的方式编译安装的mysql
安装完成后就支持utf8了

# MySQL 字符集: UTF-8 Unicode (utf8)

老大给说说怎么编译的嘛？我的总搞不成阿，只能用源里的。。。。

[xjflyttp]

配置文件里面在mysqld段下面写入
set-variable = default-character-set=utf8

php程序查询之前发送一个set names utf8就ok````