ORDER BY a column COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci
mysql> mysql> mysql> SELECT _latin1'Muller' AS NAME -> UNION -> SELECT CONCAT('M', _latin1 x'FC', 'ller') -> ORDER BY NAME COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; +--------+ | NAME | +--------+ | Muller | | Mnller | +--------+ 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql>