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I'm new to MySQL and I would like to know:
How can I create a database with charset utf-8 like I did in navicat?
create mydatabase;
...seems to be using some kind of default charset.
I'm new to MySQL and I would like to know:
How can I create a database with charset utf-8 like I did in navicat?
create mydatabase;
...seems to be using some kind of default charset.
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Log in to answerBest Answer · By JanBask MS SQL Server Expert
Answered on Oct 4, 2022
To create database mysql utf8 -
Try this:
CREATE DATABASE mydatabase CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
For more information, see Database Character Set and Collation in the MySQL Reference Manual.
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