'#--------------------FN_DYNVARS_014_01-------------------------#' SET @global_collation_server = @@global.collation_server; SET @session_collation_server = @@session.collation_server; SET @@global.collation_server = latin1_danish_ci; 'connect (con1,localhost,root,,,,)' 'connection con1' SELECT @@global.collation_server; @@global.collation_server latin1_danish_ci SELECT @@session.collation_server; @@session.collation_server latin1_danish_ci '#--------------------FN_DYNVARS_014_02-------------------------#' 'connection default' DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1,t2; '---check if setting collation_server update character_set_server---' SET @@session.collation_server = utf8_spanish_ci; SELECT @@collation_server, @@character_set_server; @@collation_server @@character_set_server utf8_spanish_ci utf8 '--check if collation_server effects database/table charset/collation--' SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_german1_ci; CREATE DATABASE db1; USE db1; SHOW CREATE DATABASE db1; Database Create Database db1 CREATE DATABASE `db1` /*!40100 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_german1_ci */ CREATE TABLE t1(a CHAR(20)); SHOW CREATE TABLE t1; Table Create Table t1 CREATE TABLE `t1` ( `a` char(20) COLLATE latin1_german1_ci DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german1_ci '---check if updating collation_server effects new table/column---' SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_swedish_ci; CREATE TABLE t2(a CHAR(10)); SHOW CREATE TABLE t2; Table Create Table t2 CREATE TABLE `t2` ( `a` char(10) COLLATE latin1_german1_ci DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_german1_ci INSERT INTO t1 VALUES('Muffler'),('Müller'),('MX Systems'); '---check if collation_server effects results sort order---' SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_swedish_ci; SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a; a Muffler Müller MX Systems SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_german1_ci; SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a; a Muffler Müller MX Systems SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; a Muffler MX Systems Müller SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a COLLATE latin1_german1_ci; a Muffler Müller MX Systems '---check if indexing is effected by collation_server---' SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_swedish_ci; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PRIMARY KEY (a); REPAIR TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text db1.t1 repair status OK SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a; a Muffler Müller MX Systems ALTER TABLE t1 DROP PRIMARY KEY; SET @@session.collation_server = latin1_german1_ci; ALTER TABLE t1 ADD PRIMARY KEY (a); REPAIR TABLE t1; Table Op Msg_type Msg_text db1.t1 repair status OK SELECT * FROM t1 ORDER BY a; a Muffler Müller MX Systems DROP TABLE t1,t2; DROP DATABASE db1; SET @@global.collation_server = @global_collation_server; SET @@session.collation_server = @session_collation_server;