mysql show variables like 'char%'; +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | Variable_name | Value | +--------------------------+----------------------------+ | character_set_client | latin1 | | character_set_connection | latin1 | | character_set_database | latin1 | | character_set_filesystem | binary | | character_set_results | latin1 | | character_set_server | latin1 | | character_set_system | utf8 | | character_sets_dir | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ | +--------------------------+----------------------------+

select * from auto_brands; +----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+ | id | brand | created_at | updated_at | +----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+ | 1 | 本田 | 2011-06-02 05:49:43 | 2011-06-02 05:49:43 | | 2 | 宝马 | 2011-06-02 05:56:32 | 2011-06-02 05:56:32 | +----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+

database.yml development: adapter: mysql2 encoding: latin1 database: meiying_china_development pool: 5 username: root password: 123 socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock