The default collation in mysql is not always utf-8. Because the company of mysql localed in Sweden, so the encoding or collation is latin1_swedish_ci by default. You should change this feature after you installed the mysql DB server. But If you have operated your web site for a long time, then you want to update your site for reasons. There are lots of data existed in Mysql in the encoding latin or other not UTF8. How to change the encoding or Collation to UTF-8 ?
Just download this tool to change the collation of tables or data to UTF8:
http://www.phoca.cz/phoca-changing-collation/
The Phoca Changing collation tool changes the database collation of database, tables and columns. And it is easy to use.
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