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Esta configuracion es necesaria en modo local para evitar que los acentos y otros caracteres no se desplieguen de forma equivocada.
Configurar char set de MySQL
Configurar char set de MySQL /etc/mysql/my.cnf
[client] default-character-set = utf8 [mysqld] skip-character-set-client-handshake default-character-set = utf8 character-set-server = utf8 collation-server = utf8_general_ci init-connect = SET NAMES utf8 [mysqldump] default-character-set = utf8 [mysql] default-character-set = utf8 Verificar: mysql> shwo variables like 'char%'; +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | character_set_client | utf8 | | character_set_connection | utf8 | | character_set_database | latin1 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | utf8 | | character_set_server | utf8 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ #Then set charset mysql>set character_set_database=utf8 mysql> show variables like 'char%'; +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | character_set_client | utf8 | | character_set_connection | utf8 | | character_set_database | utf8 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | utf8 | | character_set_server | utf8 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | +--------------------------+----------------------------+