DOH! Is it so obvious that i cannot figure it out?

I have PHP4 and MySQL running on a W98 PWS webserver. My database is ported from Access and looks fine in MySQL. I can query the database from a webbrowser window, but the result ("capital o with dots" for example) come out as "TM" (as in the trademark symbol). I know that this is because of the difference in the DOS and Windows charset, but how / where do i solve it? Should i do something with MySQL? Should i write a routine in PHP that scan every text returned for the characters and if found - change them before printing them to the browser? This seems like a slow process. Any suggestions? -- Michel Laine Please remove the NOSPAM in the email address if you reply directly to me.