mysql> show variables like '%set%';
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client | latin1 |
| character_set_connection | latin1 |
| character_set_database | gbk |
| character_set_results | latin1 |
| character_set_server | gbk |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/local/mysql-4.1.15/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.02 sec)
