utf8 support in MySQL rocks ;)
Joke of the day from our character sets ubergod:
10:59 < bar> mysql> set names utf8; 10:59 < bar> Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) 10:59 < bar> mysql> create table t1 (a text, 10:59 < bar> -> fulltext index `бесовский` (a)) 10:59 < bar> -> character set utf8; 10:59 < bar> Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) 10:59 < bar> mysql> insert into t1 values ('слово божие'); 10:59 < bar> Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
And it just works :)