or download this
mysql> SELECT SCHEMA_NAME, DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET_NAME, DEFAULT_COLLATI
+ON_NAME FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA limit 1;
+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------
+-----+
...
+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------
+-----+
| information_schema | utf8 | utf8_general_ci
+ |
+--------------------+----------------------------+-------------------
+-----+