Convert vBulletin DB encoding to UTF-8

great help @ http://mansurovs.com/tech/converting-vbulletin-to-utf-8

these are the exact commands that worked for me

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  2. mysqldump -u VB_forum_DB –default-character-set=latin1 –opt –ignore-table=VB_forum_DB.customavatar –ignore-table=VB_forum_DB.customprofilepic –ignore-table=VB_forum_DB.picture –ignore-table=VB_forum_DB.socialgroupicon –ignore-table=VB_forum_DB.socialgrouppicture VB_forum_DB > VB_forum_DB.sql
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  4. mysqldump -u VB_forum_DB –opt VB_forum_DB customavatar customprofilepic picture sigpic socialgroupicon socialgrouppicture > VB_forum_DB_images.sql
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  6. iconv -c -f WINDOWS-1256 -t UTF8 VB_forum_DB.sql -o VB_forum_DB_utf8.sql
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  8. mysql -u VB_forum_DB  VB_forum_DB < VB_forum_DB_utf8.sql
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  10. mysql -u VB_forum_DB  VB_forum_DB < VB_forum_DB_images.sql
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