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MySQL字符集多种多样，下面为您列举了其中三种最常见的MySQL字符集查看方法，该方法供您参考，希望对您学习MySQL数据库能有所启迪。
一、查看MySQL数据库服务器和数据库MySQL字符集。
mysql> show variables like '%char%'; +--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------ | Variable_name | Value |...... +--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------ | character_set_client | utf8 |...... -- 客户端字符集 | character_set_connection | utf8 |...... | character_set_database | utf8 |...... -- 数据库字符集 | character_set_filesystem | binary |...... | character_set_results | utf8 |...... | character_set_server | utf8 |...... -- 服务器字符集 | character_set_system | utf8 |...... | character_sets_dir | D:MySQL Server 5.0sharecharsets |...... +--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------
二、查看MySQL数据表（table）的MySQL字符集。
mysql> show table status from sqlstudy_db like '%countries%'; +-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------ | Name | Engine | Version | Row_format | Rows | Collation |...... +-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------ | countries | InnoDB | 10 | Compact | 11 | utf8_general_ci |...... +-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------
三、查看MySQL数据列（column）的MySQL字符集。
mysql> show full columns from countries; +----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------- | Field | Type | Collation | ....... +----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------- | countries_id | int(11) | NULL | ....... | countries_name | varchar(64) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | countries_iso_code_2 | char(2) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | countries_iso_code_3 | char(3) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | address_format_id | int(11) | NULL | ....... +----------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------