--- a/plugins/mod_storage_sql2.lua	Tue Dec 09 19:36:34 2014 +0100
+++ b/plugins/mod_storage_sql2.lua	Thu Dec 11 09:18:39 2014 +0100
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@
 	--local dburi = db2uri(params);
 	engine = mod_sql:create_engine(params);
 
-	engine:set_encoding();
-
 	if module:get_option("sql_manage_tables", true) then
 		-- Automatically create table, ignore failure (table probably already exists)
 		create_table();

--- a/util/sql.lua	Tue Dec 09 19:36:34 2014 +0100
+++ b/util/sql.lua	Thu Dec 11 09:18:39 2014 +0100
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@
 	dbh:autocommit(false); -- don't commit automatically
 	self.conn = dbh;
 	self.prepared = {};
+	self:set_encoding();
 	return true;
 end
 function engine:execute(sql, ...)