MySQL = { "host"   => "localhost",
          "db"     => "bdg_dev",
          "user"   => "bdg_dev",
          "passwd" => "bdg_dev"
        }

$db = DBI.connect("DBI:Mysql:" + MySQL["db"] + ":" + MySQL["host"], MySQL["user"], MySQL["passwd"])
$db.execute("SET NAMES 'utf8'")