diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cconfmysql.h verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cconfmysql.h
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cconfmysql.h	2009-03-14 18:24:56.000000000 +0200
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cconfmysql.h	2010-03-11 10:29:42.849254472 +0200
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "cconfigbase.h"
 #include <iostream>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include "cmysql.h"
 #include "cquery.h"
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cdbconf.cpp verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cdbconf.cpp
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cdbconf.cpp	2009-03-23 17:18:58.000000000 +0200
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cdbconf.cpp	2010-03-11 10:23:41.705015757 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	Add("lang_name",lang_name,string("lang_en"));
 	Add("allow_exec",allow_exec, false);
 	Add("allow_exec_mod",allow_exec_mod, true);
+	Add("db_charset",db_charset,string("utf8"));
 	Load();
 }
 
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cdbconf.h verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cdbconf.h
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cdbconf.h	2009-03-23 17:19:47.000000000 +0200
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cdbconf.h	2010-03-11 10:24:22.047010055 +0200
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 	string db_user;
 	string db_pass;
 	string db_data;
+	string db_charset;
 	string config_name;
 	string lang_name;
 	bool allow_exec;
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cmysql.cpp verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cmysql.cpp
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cmysql.cpp	2009-04-06 16:26:49.000000000 +0300
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cmysql.cpp	2010-03-11 10:26:58.097009739 +0200
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
 /*!
     \fn nMySQL::cMySQL::cMySQL(string&host,string&user,string&pass,string&data)
  */
-cMySQL::cMySQL(string&host,string&user,string&pass,string&data) : cObj("cMySQL")
+cMySQL::cMySQL(string&host,string&user,string&pass,string&data,string&charset) : cObj("cMySQL")
 {
 	 mDBName = data;
 	 Init();
-	 if(!Connect(host,user,pass,data))
+	 if(!Connect(host,user,pass,data,charset))
 	 {
 	         throw "Mysql connection error.";
 	 }
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
 	if(!mDBHandle) Error(0, string("Can't init mysql structure :(.: "));	
 }
 
-bool cMySQL::Connect(string &host, string &user, string &pass, string &data)
+bool cMySQL::Connect(string &host, string &user, string &pass, string &data, string &charset)
 {
 	if(Log(1)) LogStream() << "Connecting to mysql server: "
-			<< user << "@" << host << "/" << data << " using UTF8 encoding" << endl;
+			<< user << "@" << host << "/" << data << "with charset " << charset << endl;
 	
 	mysql_options(mDBHandle,MYSQL_OPT_COMPRESS,0);
 	//mysql_options(mDBHandle,MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME,"utf8");
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 	mysql_options(mDBHandle, MYSQL_OPT_RECONNECT, "true");
 	#endif
 
-	//mysql_options(mDBHandle,MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME,charset.c_str());
+	mysql_options(mDBHandle,MYSQL_SET_CHARSET_NAME,charset.c_str());
 	
 	if(!mysql_real_connect(
 		mDBHandle,
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cmysql.h verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cmysql.h
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cmysql.h	2009-05-16 17:46:26.000000000 +0300
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cmysql.h	2010-03-11 10:27:40.220256720 +0200
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@
 friend class cQuery;
 public:
 	cMySQL();
-	cMySQL(string&host,string&user,string&pass,string&data);
+	cMySQL(string&host,string&user,string&pass,string&data,string&charset);
 	~cMySQL();
 	void Init();
-	bool Connect(string &host, string &user, string &passwd, string &db);
+	bool Connect(string &host, string &user, string &passwd, string &db, string &charset);
 	string GetDBName()
 	{
 		return mDBName;
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cpenaltylist.cpp verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cpenaltylist.cpp
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cpenaltylist.cpp	2009-05-16 17:48:00.000000000 +0300
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cpenaltylist.cpp	2010-03-11 10:30:28.559004554 +0200
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 ***************************************************************************/
 
 #include "cpenaltylist.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 namespace nDirectConnect {
 
diff -Naur verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cserverdc.cpp verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cserverdc.cpp
--- verlihub-0.9.8e-r2/src/cserverdc.cpp	2009-07-10 21:45:07.000000000 +0300
+++ verlihub-0.9.8e-r2-patched/src/cserverdc.cpp	2010-03-11 10:28:57.267254788 +0200
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@
 		mDBConf.db_host,
 		mDBConf.db_user,
 		mDBConf.db_pass,
-		mDBConf.db_data), // connect to mysql
+		mDBConf.db_data,
+		mDBConf.db_charset), // connect to mysql
 	mC(*this), // create the config object
 	mL(*this),
 	mSetupList(mMySQL),