show variables like "%character%";
show variables like "%collation%";

##</code><code>##

character_set_client	utf8
character_set_connection	utf8
character_set_database	utf8
character_set_filesystem	binary
character_set_results	utf8
character_set_server	utf8
character_set_system	utf8
character_sets_dir	/usr/share/mysql/charsets/
----------
collation_connection	utf8_general_ci
collation_database	utf8_general_ci
collation_server	utf8_general_ci

##</code><code>##

character_set_client	utf8
character_set_connection	utf8
character_set_database	latin1
character_set_filesystem	binary
character_set_results	utf8
character_set_server	utf8
character_set_system	utf8
character_sets_dir	/usr/share/mysql/charsets/
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collation_connection	utf8_general_ci
collation_database	latin1_swedish_ci
collation_server	utf8_general_ci