Using alter command to change characgter set : COLLATION Character Set « Table « MySQL Tutorial

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mysql> CREATE TABLE myTable
    -> (
    ->     col1 CHAR(10)
    -> ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_danish_ci;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.05 sec)

mysql>
mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE myTable MODIFY col1 CHAR(50) CHARACTER SET greek;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql> ALTER TABLE myTable MODIFY col1 CHAR(50) CHARACTER SET utf8;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)
Records: 0  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

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

mysql>