as a work around for #8317 and #9637

This function sends SET NAMES command and changes mysql->charset
so mysql_real_escape_string will work as expected.

process of the predecessing test case instead of the current test case. 
Shifting the command to the end of the current test case should avoid this problem. 

into mysql.com:/Users/kent/mysql/cw/mysql-4.1

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

  additional fix for bug@10493, for sjis
ctype-cp932.c:
  additional fix for bug#10493, for cp932

into mysql.com:/Users/kent/mysql/cw/mysql-4.1

  Enable creation of embedded lib when --with-darwin-mwcc

into mysql.com:/root/mysql-4.1

substr fix

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

into mysql.com:/home/psergey/mysql-4.1-bug10095

into mysql.com:/home/hf/work/mysql-4.1.ssj

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

  Bumped up version number to indicate 4.1.12 was branched off

with multi-byte strings, length() instead
of numchars() where used in a mistake.

into mysql.com:/home/ram/work/mysql-4.1

into ltantony.mysql.com:/usr/home/antony/work2/p3-bug8733

into mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-4.1-clean

  Detect conflicting options in SELECT

into mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-4.1-clean

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

into mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-4.1

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

into mysql.com:/home/jimw/my/mysql-4.1-clean

into neptunus.(none):/home/msvensson/mysql/mysql-4.1

into mysql.com:/home/jonas/src/mysql-4.1

  honor abort_option as TC now abort on 288

into mysql.com:/home/dlenev/src/mysql-4.1-bg9913

into sergbook.mylan:/usr/home/serg/Abk/mysql-4.1

  version-dependent information (which causes test failures when running the test with a
  different version string)