1、用 SET 语法来指定，不加 "GLOBAL" 的话就只对本次会话有效。

SET [GLOBAL] character_set_client = utf8; SET [GLOBAL] character_set_connection = utf8; SET [GLOBAL] character_set_database = utf8; SET [GLOBAL] character_set_results = utf8; SET [GLOBAL] character_set_server = utf8;

2、只对本次会话有效。

SET NAMES ‘utf8’;

3、直接修改 my.cnf，[client]和[MySQLd]下面各增加一行内容，然后重启 MySQL，全局生效。

default-character-set = utf8