title: MySQL ERROR 1231 (42000):Variable 'character_set_client' can't be set to the value of 'NULL'
body: <p>I've a <code>MySQL 5.0.84</code> running in a Slackware 13.0 <code>Staging</code> server and wanted to copy a single table to another server which was built to use Ubuntu 14.04 OS for some other testing. I've taken a <code>mysqldump</code> of that table and copied to the <code>testing server</code>. I get the following error when I try to restore the dump file.</p>
  
  <p><code>ERROR 1231 (42000):Variable 'character_set_client' can't be set to the value of 'NULL'</code></p>
  
  <p>Please help me how to fix this error. Thanks!</p>