mysql> SELECT SCHEMA_NAME, DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME, DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA limit 1;
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
| SCHEMA_NAME        | DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME | DEFAULT_COLLATION_NAME |
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+
| information_schema | utf8                       | utf8_general_ci        |
+--------------------+----------------------------+------------------------+