Hey Tanuki

Thanks for your reply

do you know the exact format for the mysql connection string option so that I can set it to Arabic charset (ISO8859_6)

I tried the following,
Qt Code: 
  1. m_database.setConnectOptions("SET NAMES 'UTF8'");
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but I get the following error

QMYSQLDriver:: open: Unknown connect option 'SET NAMES 'UTF8''

Thanks in advance