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Chinese is the tricky one. Latin 1 can handle all the rest. You may need to base64encode and decode for that to work. 
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Chinese is the tricky one. Latin 1 can handle all the rest. You may need to base64encode and decode for that to work.

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Ok, forget Chinese... I probably won't use it. &nbsp;So from the options shown in the attached image, which would you choose for a primarily English DB that may include some country names that could have some wierd characters or accents.<br />
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THanks,<br />
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HNM<br />
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Ok, forget Chinese... I probably won't use it.  So from the options shown in the attached image, which would you choose for a primarily English DB that may include some country names that could have some wierd characters or accents.

THanks,

HNM
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Hi Experts,<br />
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I am building a db in MySQL 5 that will contain city,state, region, and country names. &nbsp;These names may include some language specific characters (Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish). &nbsp;What collation setting would best accomodate most or all possibilities.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
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HN
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Hi Experts,

I am building a db in MySQL 5 that will contain city,state, region, and country names.  These names may include some language specific characters (Chinese, Russian, French, Spanish).  What collation setting would best accomodate most or all possibilities.

Thanks,

HN

MySQL Collation setting

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MySQL Server

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