mysql字符集的问题

mysql> show variables like '%set%';
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                                         |
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client     | latin1                                        | 
| character_set_connection | latin1                                        | 
| character_set_database   | gbk                                           | 
| character_set_results    | latin1                                        | 
| character_set_server     | gbk                                           | 
| character_set_system     | utf8                                          | 
| character_sets_dir       | /usr/local/mysql-4.1.15/share/mysql/charsets/ | 
+--------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.02 sec)