Mysql change column collation and character set of information schema

mysql database system collation
MySQL DBA picture MySQL DBA · Jun 11, 2009 · Viewed 22.2k times · Source

I want to change column collation and character set of system database information_schema...

Can anyone give any input on how to do this? Is there any special priviledges i need for this

Answer

Haim Evgi picture Haim Evgi · Jun 11, 2009

To change the character set and collation for all columns in an existing table, use:

ALTER TABLE tbl_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET charset_name [COLLATE collation_name];

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