Hi mark
and thanks very much for this information. Could you specify where this error turns up or where the collation issue is?
The strict behaviour of MySQL concerning collations is also an issue in the OpenSimulator database now and then. Where I found, I changed the query so that there is no need to change anything in the my.ini/my.cnf
If I could locate the query, I could add a fix in the next version of jOpenSim, which is currently under heavy development
Greetz
FoTo50