Name

CHARSET()

Synopsis

CHARSET(string)

This function returns the character set used by a given string. It’s available as of version 4.1.0 of MySQL. Here is an example:

SELECT CHARSET('Rosá')
AS 'Set for My Name';

+-----------------+
| Set for My Name |
+-----------------+
| utf8            |
+-----------------+

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