How do I see what character set a MySQL database / table / column is?
Here's how I'd do it -
For Schemas (or Databases - they are synonyms):
SELECT default_character_set_name FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA WHERE schema_name = "schemaname";For Tables:
SELECT CCSA.character_set_name FROM information_schema.`TABLES` T, information_schema.`COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY` CCSAWHERE CCSA.collation_name = T.table_collation AND T.table_schema = "schemaname" AND T.table_name = "tablename";For Columns:
SELECT character_set_name FROM information_schema.`COLUMNS` WHERE table_schema = "schemaname" AND table_name = "tablename" AND column_name = "columnname";