Index: trunk/core/kernel/startup.php
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diff -u -N -r8402 -r8598
--- trunk/core/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 8402)
+++ trunk/core/kernel/startup.php	(.../startup.php)	(revision 8598)
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@
 	define('SQL_USER', $vars['DBUser']);
 	define('SQL_PASS', $vars['DBUserPassword']);
 	define('SQL_DB', $vars['DBName']);
+
+	if (isset($vars['DBCollation']) && isset($vars['DBCharset'])) {
+		define('SQL_COLLATION', $vars['DBCollation']);
+		define('SQL_CHARSET', $vars['DBCharset']);
+	}
 	define('TABLE_PREFIX', $vars['TablePrefix']);