title: Mysql do not use UTF-8
body: <p>I create database like always:</p>
  
  <pre><code>CREATE DATABASE my_db CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have dumped states.sql which looks fine but when I dump them to database I see strange symbols and letters where POLISH chart should be.</p>
  
  <p>When I try add from some answers:</p>
  
  <pre><code>default-character-set=utf8
  character-set-server=utf8
  default-collation=utf8_unicode_ci
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to my.cf - mysql doesn't want to restart.</p>
  
  <p>I can also say that when I do in phpmyadmin for example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SELECT * FROM 'states' WHERE name = 'gorzów'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I got error from mysql syntax with non utf-8 symbols.</p>
  
  <p>Where can be problem?</p>