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I’m new to MySQL and I would like to know:
How can I create a database with charset utf-8 like I did in navicat?
create mydatabase;
…seems to be using some kind of default charset.
How to solve :
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Method 1
Update in 2019-10-29
As mentions by @Manuel Jordan in comments, utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci is the new default in MySQL 8.0, so the following is now again a better practice:
CREATE DATABASE mydatabase CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci;
Answer before 2019-10-29
Note: The following is now considered a better practice (see bikeman868’s answer):
CREATE DATABASE mydatabase CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Original answer:
Try this:
CREATE DATABASE mydatabase CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;
For more information, see Database Character Set and Collation in the MySQL Reference Manual.
Method 2
You should use:
CREATE DATABASE mydb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Note that utf8_general_ci is no longer recommended best practice. See the related Q & A:
What’s the difference between utf8_general_ci and utf8_unicode_ci on Stack Overflow.
Note: Use and implement method 1 because this method fully tested our system.
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