mysql> show session variables like 'char%';
mysql> show session variables like 'coll%';

hid-dev
-------
Variable_name               Value
character_set_client        utf8
character_set_connection    utf8
character_set_database      utf8
character_set_filesystem    binary
character_set_results       utf8
character_set_server        latin1
character_set_system        utf8
character_sets_dir          /usr/share/mysql/charsets/
collation_connection        utf8_general_ci
collation_database          utf8_general_ci
collation_server            latin1_swedish_ci

hid-qa
-------
Variable_name               Value
character_set_client        utf8
character_set_connection    utf8
character_set_database      utf8
character_set_filesystem    binary
character_set_results       utf8
character_set_server        utf8
character_set_system        utf8
character_sets_dir          /app/mysql/mysql-5.5.10-linux2.6-x86_64/share/charsets/
collation_connection        utf8_general_ci
collation_database          utf8_general_ci
collation_server            utf8_general_ci

hid-staging
-------
Variable_name               Value
character_set_client        utf8
character_set_connection    utf8
character_set_database      utf8
character_set_filesystem    binary
character_set_results       utf8
character_set_server        utf8
character_set_system        utf8
character_sets_dir          /app/mysql/mysql-5.5.10-linux2.6-x86_64/share/charsets/
collation_connection        utf8_general_ci
collation_database          utf8_general_ci
collation_server            utf8_general_ci

hid-pub
-------
Variable_name               Value
character_set_client        utf8
character_set_connection    utf8
character_set_database      utf8
character_set_filesystem    binary
character_set_results       utf8
character_set_server        utf8
character_set_system        utf8
character_sets_dir          /app/mysql/mysql-5.5.10-linux2.6-x86_64/share/charsets/
collation_connection        utf8_general_ci
collation_database          utf8_general_ci
collation_server            utf8_general_ci