SHOW CREATE TABLE displays the CREATE TABLE statement to create a given table. : COLLATION Character Set « Table « MySQL Tutorial

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mysql>
mysql> CREATE TABLE myTable
    -> (
    ->     c1 CHAR(10)
    -> ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_danish_ci;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)

mysql>
mysql> desc myTable;
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type     | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| c1    | char(10) | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+-------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> SHOW CREATE TABLE myTable;
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table   | Create Table                                                                                                                                   |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| myTable | CREATE TABLE `mytable` (
  `c1` char(10) collate latin1_danish_ci default NULL
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_danish_ci |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql> drop table myTable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql>