On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Paul DuBois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When you create a table, you can specify a character set for a column. How > > can you tell what character set was used when the column was created? > > > > SHOW CREATE TABLE. If no character set is shown for the column, > it uses the table default character set. > > Example: > > mysql> create table t (c1 char(5) character set utf8, c2 char(5)); > Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.16 sec) > > mysql> show create table t\G > *************************** 1. row *************************** > Table: t > Create Table: CREATE TABLE `t` ( > `c1` char(5) CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT NULL, > `c2` char(5) DEFAULT NULL > ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 > 1 row in set (0.00 sec) > > The definition for c1 shows that utf8 is used > > The definition for c2 shows nothing, so the table character set (latin1) > is used. > > -- > Paul DuBois, MySQL Documentation Team > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > MySQL AB, www.mysql.com
Is there any reason that the information_schema would not be the preferred method of finding this information? mysql> select table_collation from tables WHERE `table_name` = 'mytable' AND table_schema ='mydatabase'\G -- Rob Wultsch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wultsch (aim) -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
