mysql> show character
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| Charset | Description | Default collation | Maxlen |
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| big5 | Big5 Traditional Chinese | big5_chinese_ci |
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| dec8 | DEC West European | dec8_swedish_ci |
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| cp850 | DOS West European | cp850_general_ci |
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| hp8 | HP West European | hp8_english_ci |
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| latin1 | cp1252 West European | latin1_swedish_ci |
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| ascii | US ASCII | ascii_general_ci |
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mysql> show collation;
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| Collation | Charset |
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| big5_chinese_ci | big5 |
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| big5_bin | big5 |
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| dec8_swedish_ci | dec8 |
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| dec8_bin | dec8 |
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| cp850_general_ci | cp850 |
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| cp850_bin | cp850 |
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| hp8_english_ci | hp8 |
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| hp8_bin | hp8 |
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| koi8r_general_ci | koi8r |
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mysql>
help
show
Name:
'SHOW'
Description:
SHOW has many forms that provide information about databases, tables,
columns,
or
status information about the server. This section describes
those following:
SHOW AUTHORS
SHOW {BINARY | MASTER} LOGS
SHOW BINLOG EVENTS [IN
'log_name'
] [FROM pos] [LIMIT [offset,] row_count]
SHOW CHARACTER
SET
[like_or_where]
SHOW COLLATION [like_or_where]
SHOW [FULL] COLUMNS FROM tbl_name [FROM db_name] [like_or_where]
SHOW CONTRIBUTORS
SHOW CREATE DATABASE db_name
SHOW CREATE EVENT event_name
SHOW CREATE FUNCTION func_name
SHOW CREATE PROCEDURE proc_name
SHOW CREATE TABLE tbl_name
SHOW CREATE TRIGGER trigger_name
....