[Dbix-class] inflate? select? turning on utf8 for mysql till the dbd is upgraded

[apv]

In CDBI for MySQL I'm setting everything to utf8 this way (the tables 
are utf8 but the DBD doesn't bring the info across):

# the base class
use Data::Structure::Util qw( _utf8_on );
__PACKAGE__->add_trigger(select => sub { _utf8_on($_[0]) });

How would I go about turning on the utf-8 flag for everything via DBIC?

Thanks!
-Ashley
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PS: sorry for the double mail, Matt