As I wrote in http://forums.b2evolution.net/viewtopic.php?t=7650, Japanese character failed to enter or display correctly with mysql 4.1.x/5.0.x, because these newer mysql handles foregn characters in a different way. So I made a fix for utf8 characters. I am using this with Japanese w/p any problem now, and guess it will work with other characters with utf8. So I want these 3 lines to be added to the original distribution.. (are there any languages using other than utf8? If so minor hacking may be necessary) I used "SET CHARACTER SET utf8;", but "SET NAMES utf8;" may be better in that the latter works even if the collation of the database is incorrectly set.

Thanks in advance!