jcheng5

brew install rds-command-line-tools

rds-create-db-parameter-group mysql-utf8 -f mysql5.1 -d "MySQL 5.1 configured for UTF-8"

rds-modify-db-parameter-group mysql-utf8 \
    --parameters="name=character_set_server, value=utf8, method=immediate" \
    --parameters="name=character_set_client, value=utf8, method=immediate" \
    --parameters="name=character_set_results,value=utf8,method=immediate" \
    --parameters="name=collation_server, value=utf8_general_ci, method=immediate" \
    --parameters="name=collation_connection, value=utf8_general_ci, method=immediate"