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 10.3.3 Table Character Set and Collation
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 Every table has a table character set and a table collation. The
 `CREATE TABLE' and `ALTER TABLE' statements have optional clauses for
 specifying the table character set and collation:
 
      CREATE TABLE TBL_NAME (COLUMN_LIST)
          [[DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET CHARSET_NAME] [COLLATE COLLATION_NAME]]
 
      ALTER TABLE TBL_NAME
          [[DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET CHARSET_NAME] [COLLATE COLLATION_NAME]
 
 Example:
 
      CREATE TABLE t1 ( ... ) CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_danish_ci;
 
 MySQL chooses the table character set and collation in the following
 manner:
 
    * If both `CHARACTER SET X' and `COLLATE Y' were specified, then
      character set X and collation Y.
 
    * If `CHARACTER SET X' was specified without `COLLATE', then
      character set X and its default collation.
 
    * If `COLLATE Y' was specified without `CHARACTER SET', then the
      character set associated with Y and collation Y.
 
    * Otherwise, the database character set and collation.
 
 The table character set and collation are used as default values if the
 column character set and collation are not specified in individual
 column definitions. The table character set and collation are MySQL
 extensions; there are no such things in standard SQL.

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