show variables

mysql> show variables like '%char%';

+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+

| Variable_name | Value |

+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+

| character_set_client | utf8 |

| character_set_connection | utf8 |

| character_set_database | utf8 |

| character_set_filesystem | binary |

| character_set_results | utf8 |

| character_set_server | utf8 |

| character_set_system | utf8 |

| character_sets_dir | C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\share\charsets\ |

+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+

8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

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