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Check the default character set name

    
mysql>
mysql> SELECT   SCHEMA_NAME, DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME,
    ->          DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME
    -> FROM     INFORMATION_SCHEMA.SCHEMATA;
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
| SCHEMA_NAME        | DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME | DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME |
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
| information_schema | utf8                       | utf8_general_ci        |
| mysql              | latin1                     | latin1_swedish_ci      |
| test               | latin1                     | latin1_swedish_ci      |
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>








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