diff -Naur --exclude '*~' oar-2.3.1/DB/oar_mysql_db_init.pl oar-2.3.1-fix-database-creation/DB/oar_mysql_db_init.pl
--- oar-2.3.1/DB/oar_mysql_db_init.pl	2008-04-03 14:50:47.000000000 +0200
+++ oar-2.3.1-fix-database-creation/DB/oar_mysql_db_init.pl	2008-09-04 16:41:03.000000000 +0200
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:database=mysql;host=$dbHost;port=$dbPort", $dbLogin, $dbPassword, {'RaiseError' => 0});
 my $query;
 # Database creation
-$dbh->do("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $dbName") or die $dbh->errstr;
+$dbh->do("CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS $dbName CHARACTER SET latin1") or die $dbh->errstr;
 
 # Grant user the basic privileges
 $dbh->do('GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, CREATE, DROP, ALTER ON '.$dbName.'.* TO '.$dbUserName.'@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "'.$dbUserPassword.'"') or die $dbh->errstr;