title: Problem with storing german words into the MySql DB....?
body: <p>I am facing an small issue in my project When I am trying to <strong><em>store some German words</em></strong> into the <strong>MYSQL Database</strong>. When this <strong><em>German words contains umlauts</em></strong> i.e. characters ä, ö, ß, ü etc., <strong>they are not stored as they are</strong>.....?</p>
  
  <p>I want to <strong><em>store them as it is</em></strong> into the Database.To do so I tried to change the <code>COLLATION to UTF8-general-ci, and others in the list using PHP myAdmin</code>. But none of them is working for me.</p>
  
  <p>Am I in the right way or I have to do something else.</p>
  
  <p>Please suggest some help. </p>
  
  <p>Thanks In Advance......</p>