Other language for AIR / mysql

Question

I use remote mysql to store the data that users input through
my AIR application. It works fine as long as what they input is
English. But if they input non-English (say Chinese), the stored
data is unrecognizable -- even if the data is downloaded to and
displayed in the same AIR application.
My mysql uses utf-8.
Is there anyway to fix this problem? Maybe convert the data
strings to UTF8 before inserting into database?
Many thanks.

Answer 1

I think I find a solution. The solution is not on
actionscript part but on the server side (php). I used amfphp to do
mysql database operations and when I set
setCharsetHandler("utf8_decode","UTF-8","UTF-8");
everything works.
I find the following article useful:
http://www.sephiroth.it/tutorials/flashPHP/amfphp_iconv/page003.php