title: Mysql: latin1-> utf8. Convert characters to their multibyte equivalents
body: <p>There was a table in <strong>latin1</strong> and site in <strong>cp1252</strong> 
  I want to have table in <strong>utf8</strong> and site in <strong>utf-8</strong></p>
  
  <p>I've done:</p>
  
  <p>1) on web page: <code>Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8</code></p>
  
  <p>2) Mysql: <code>ALTER TABLE XXX CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8</code></p>
  
  <p>_</p>
  
  <p><strong>This SQL doesn't work as I want</strong> - it doesn't convert <strong>ä</strong> &amp; <strong>ü</strong> characters in database to their multibyte equivalents</p>
  
  <p>Please Help. 
  Tanks</p>