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`Cant' initialize character set xxx' error.
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If you get an error like:

     MySQL Connection Failed: Can't initialize character set xxx

This means one of the following things:

   * The character set is a multi-byte character set and you have not
     support for the character set in the client.

     In this case you need to recompile the client with
     `--with-charset=xxx' or with `--with-extra-charsets=xxx'.  Note:
     configure options.

     All standard MySQL binaries are compiled with
     `--with-extra-character-sets=complex' which will enable support for
     all multi-byte character sets. Note: Character sets.

   * The character set is a simple character set which is not compiled
     into `mysqld' and the character set definition files is not in the
     place where the client expect to find them.

     In this case you need to:

        * Recompile the client with support for the character set.
          Note: configure options.

        * Specify to the client where the character set definition
          files are. For many client you can do this with the
          `--character-sets-dir=path-to-charset-dir' option.

        * Copy the character definition files to the path where the
          client expect them to be.