title: CodeIgniter dbcollat
body: <p>I am using CodeIgniter with the following settings:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$db['default']['char_set'] = 'utf8'; 
  $db['default']['dbcollat'] = 'utf8_general_ci';
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>My database columns and table use <code>utf8_unicode_ci</code> as the collation. Should I change how I connect?</p>
  
  <p>What potential problems are there if I don't change. The application seems to be working fine now, but I just noticed this discrepancy.</p>