Hi all, My Problem is simply that i can NOT deal with Arabic text with Mysql DB What i have to do, so i can write and read correctly Arabic text (in fact : each time i write Arabic word i can see it correctly first time, but when i close the table and re-open it i se instead of the correct letters : ???????) i am on a Mac OS 10.6 i use the software "Navicate Lite" Many thanks to any help...