class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base ..... before_filter :set_default_content_type after_filter :set_default_content_type def set_default_content_type headers["Content-Type"] = "text/html; charset=utf-8" suppress(ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid) do ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute 'SET NAMES UTF8' end end .....
database.yml
adapter: mysql database: DATABASE username: root password: host: localhost encoding: UTF8
