Ricardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a problem with SELECT DISTINCT if the target
> field contains special characters.
> 
> Example:
> 
> select MyField from MyTable     
> +----------+
> | MyField  |
> +----------+
> | f?       |
> | F?       |
> | fa       |
> | Fa       |
> | f?       |
> | F?       |
> | f?       |
> | F?       |
> +----------+
> 
> select distinct MyField from MyTable
> +----------+
> | MyField  |
> +----------+
> | f?       |
> +----------+
> 
> MyField is varchar type and MyTable is InnoDB.
> 
> Is there any way to change this behaviour in MySQL? I
> use version 4.0.16.
> 

What is the character set of the data? What is the character set of MySQL server?



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