UTF-8 Problems with ODBC driver / import data via mysql

Hey guys,

currently I am struggling with a database connection problem using the odbc driver. Unfortunately, some (Hungarian) characters are replaced by question marks. I found a solution using the jdbc driver:

javaclasspath('C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext\mysql-connector-java-5.1.25-bin.jar'); conn = database('', sUser, sPW, 'com.mysql.jdbc.Driver', 'jdbc:mysql://localhost/masterdb?useUnicode=true&characterEncoding=UTF8');

However, the problem with this java solution is the extremely high utilization of memory (>10GB).

I am wondering if there is a more efficient solution available (e.g. for the odbc driver)?

Many thanks in advance!

Cheers, Marcus