mysql_select_patch.rb

module ActiveRecord
  module ConnectionAdapters
    class MysqlAdapter

      def select(sql, name = nil)
        @connection.query_with_result = true
        result = execute(sql, name)
        rows = result.all_hashes
        result.free

#fix begin
        if @config[:encoding] && @config[:encoding]=="utf8"
          rows.each do |row|
            row.each do |key, value|
              if (value.class == String)
                value.force_encoding("UTF-8")
              end
            end
          end
        end
#fix end

        rows
      end
    end
  end
end