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Check the CHARACTER_SET_NAME in INFORMATION_SCHEMA COLLATIONS
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mysql>
mysql> SELECT CHARACTER_SET_NAME, COUNT(*)
-> FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLLATIONS
-> GROUP BY CHARACTER_SET_NAME;
+--------------------+----------+
| CHARACTER_SET_NAME | COUNT(*) |
+--------------------+----------+
| armscii8 | 2 |
| ascii | 2 |
| big5 | 2 |
| binary | 1 |
| cp1250 | 5 |
| cp1251 | 5 |
| cp1256 | 2 |
| cp1257 | 3 |
| cp850 | 2 |
| cp852 | 2 |
| cp866 | 2 |
| cp932 | 2 |
| dec8 | 2 |
| eucjpms | 2 |
| euckr | 2 |
| gb2312 | 2 |
| gbk | 2 |
| geostd8 | 2 |
| greek | 2 |
| hebrew | 2 |
| hp8 | 2 |
| keybcs2 | 2 |
| koi8r | 2 |
| koi8u | 2 |
| latin1 | 8 |
| latin2 | 5 |
| latin5 | 2 |
| latin7 | 4 |
| macce | 2 |
| macroman | 2 |
| sjis | 2 |
| swe7 | 2 |
| tis620 | 2 |
| ucs2 | 21 |
| ujis | 2 |
| utf8 | 21 |
+--------------------+----------+
36 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql>
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