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23.9. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA CHARACTER_SETS Table

The CHARACTER_SETS table provides information about available character sets.

INFORMATION_SCHEMA Name SHOW Name Remarks
CHARACTER_SET_NAME Charset  
DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME Default collation  
DESCRIPION Description MySQL extension
MAXLEN Maxlen MySQL extension

The following statements are equivalent:

SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CHARACTER_SETS
  [WHERE name LIKE 'wild']

SHOW CHARACTER SET
  [LIKE 'wild']

 
 
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