Hello, the db_mysql module seems to read the [client] section in my.cnf only if a [group] in the db-url is specified. (at least this is valid for the default-character-set option). In my opinion this does not make sense, because the mysql reference manual says: "The [client] option group is read by all client programs" http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/option-files.html Are there any reasons for the current situation or can this be considered as a bug? Kind Regards Jasmin