Using MySQL on FreeBSD 8.2. How do I find out the default server character set? Is there some command I can run or file I can check?
UPDATE
Actually I want to know how to find both the default server character set and the current server character set.
解决方案Initially, the server character set and collation depend on the options that you use when you start mysqld. You can use --character-set-server for the character set. Along with it, you can add --collation-server for the collation. If you don't specify a character set, that is the same as saying --character-set-server=latin1.
The default server character set is therefore Windows-1252, which MySQL calls latin1, unless your copy of MySQL has been compiled with some other default.
The manual goes on to say:
The current server character set and collation can be determined from the values of the character_set_server and collation_server system variables. These variables can be changed at runtime.
Therefore, to discover the server character set currently in use:
SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set_server'
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