Character Sets and Collation Orders
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This chapter discusses the following topics:
- Available character sets and their corresponding collation orders
- Character set storage requirements
- Specifying default character set for an entire database
- Specifying an alternative character set for a particular column in a table
- Specifying a client application character set that the server should use when translating data between itself and the client
- Specifying the collation order for a column
- Specifying the collation order for a value in a comparison operation
- Specifying the collation order in an
ORDER BY
clause - Specifying the collation order in a
GROUP BY
clause