hi, is there a Runtime Configuration variable (php.ini) that defines "default mysql connection character-set" like my.cnf's "default-character-set =" in the [client] segment ? otherwise i have to execute "mysql_query('SET CHARACTER SET latin5');" everytime after connecting the database . thanks -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php