MySQL Character Set


  1. What is generally used as a synonym for CHARACTER SET?











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    Correct Option: C

    ‘CHARACTER SET’ can be abbreviated into ‘CHARSET’ and can be used in the same contexts and statements where ‘CHARACTER SET’ is used. ‘charset’ is the server-supported character set.


  1. Post MySQL 6.0, utf8 was ___________.











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    Correct Option: D

    Unicode support prior to MySQL 6.0 was different from that post MySQL 6.0. The older utf8 was of three bytes. The newer utf8 is now of four bytes. This is applicable to MySQL 6.0 and above.



  1. Prior to MySQL 6.0, utf8 was ___________.











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    Correct Option: B

    ‘UTF’ stands for ‘Unicode Transformation Format’. Unicode support prior to MySQL 6.0 was different from that post MySQL 6.0. The older utf8 was of three bytes.


  1. What does UTF stand for int utf8?











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    Correct Option: C

    In the utf8 character set in MySQL, the characters are represented in one, two or three bytes. ‘UTF’ stands for ‘Unicode Transformation Format’. Unicode support prior to MySQL 6.0 was different.



  1. Which statement is used to show the server’s current character set and collation settings?











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    Correct Option: D

    The statement ‘SHOW VARIABLES LIKE ‘character\_set\_%” displays a table consisting of two columns, ‘Variable_name’ and ‘Value’. Replacing characer\_set\_% with collation\_% shows the collation variables.