【asp.net mvc】使用mysql数据库连接时编码上的一些问题。

最近几天打算系统的学习一下MVC，使用的是mysql数据库，在过程中发现一遇到中文就有乱码的问题，按照网上的说明将mysql服务器端和客户端的编码都设置成了utf8，还是不行，查询了资料后知道客户端的编码是跟客户机有关的。我的机器是WIN7，所以设置时改成了character_set_client，
character_set_results，character_set_connection也设置成了UTF8格式，后来我将这三个改成了gb2312后中文显示正确，且添加修改的内容也是正常的。资料上说应该将character_set_client，character_set_results，character_set_connection这三个设置为和server一样的编码集，在使用sql语句时使用set names gb2312，但我觉得每次使用语句都用此语句明显不合适，EF能不能这样我暂时还没有试。。。。目前就试验到这里。。。如有不对请各位大佬指证。

更新一下，asp.net 数据库连接字符串：connectionString="data source=localhost;database=XXX;user id =XXX;password=XXXX;charset=utf8;"

必须增加 charset=utf8

my.ini 添加以下内容以后重启mysql服务

# For advice on how to change settings please see
# http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/server-configuration-defaults.html
# *** DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE. It's a template which will be copied to the
# *** default location during install, and will be replaced if you
# *** upgrade to a newer version of MySQL.

[mysqld]

# Remove leading # and set to the amount of RAM for the most important data
# cache in MySQL. Start at 70% of total RAM for dedicated server, else 10%.
# innodb_buffer_pool_size = 128M

# Remove leading # to turn on a very important data integrity option: logging
# changes to the binary log between backups.
# log_bin

# These are commonly set, remove the # and set as required.
# basedir = .....
# datadir = .....
# port = .....
# server_id = .....


# Remove leading # to set options mainly useful for reporting servers.
# The server defaults are faster for transactions and fast SELECTs.
# Adjust sizes as needed, experiment to find the optimal values.
# join_buffer_size = 128M
# sort_buffer_size = 2M
# read_rnd_buffer_size = 2M 

sql_mode=NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION,STRICT_TRANS_TABLES 

character-set-server=utf8 
collation-server=utf8_general_ci 

[mysql]
default-character-set = utf8

[mysql.server]
default-character-set = utf8


[mysqld_safe]
default-character-set = utf8


[client]
default-character-set = utf8