--- DBD-mysql-4.012/t/40blobs.t.orig	2009-07-12 13:34:35.000000000 -0700
+++ DBD-mysql-4.012/t/40blobs.t	2009-07-12 13:35:52.000000000 -0700
@@ -29,20 +29,20 @@
 }
 
 my $dbh;
-my $charset= 'DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8'; 
 
 eval {$dbh = DBI->connect($test_dsn, $test_user, $test_password,
   { RaiseError => 1, AutoCommit => 1}) or ServerError() ;};
 
-if ($dbh->get_info($GetInfoType{SQL_DBMS_VER}) lt "4.1") {
-    $charset= '';
-}
-
 if ($@) {
     plan skip_all => "ERROR: $DBI::errstr. Can't continue test";
 }
 plan tests => 14;
 
+my $charset= 'DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8'; 
+if ($dbh->get_info($GetInfoType{SQL_DBMS_VER}) lt "4.1") {
+    $charset= '';
+}
+
 my $size= 128;
 
 ok $dbh->do("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS $table"), "Drop table if exists $table";