Index: trunk/core/kernel/db/db_connection.php
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diff -u -N -r8441 -r8598
--- trunk/core/kernel/db/db_connection.php	(.../db_connection.php)	(revision 8441)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/db/db_connection.php	(.../db_connection.php)	(revision 8598)
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@
 				if (defined('DBG_SQL_MODE')) {
 					$this->Query('SET sql_mode = \''.DBG_SQL_MODE.'\'');
 				}
+
+				if (defined('SQL_COLLATION') && defined('SQL_CHARSET')) {
+					$this->Query('SET NAMES \''.SQL_CHARSET.'\' COLLATE \''.SQL_COLLATION.'\'');
+				}
+
 				$this->setDB($db);
 				$this->showError();
 			}