mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'char%'
    -> ;
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value
           |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client     | sjis
           |
| character_set_connection | sjis
           |
| character_set_database   | sjis
           |
| character_set_filesystem | binary
           |
| character_set_results    | sjis
           |
| character_set_server     | sjis
           |
| character_set_system     | utf8
           |
| character_sets_dir       | C:�_Program Files�_MySQL�_MySQL Server 5.0�_share�_charsets�_ |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.57 sec)