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Globalization and Localization
In this chapter, you’ll learn the basics of how MySQL handles different character sets and languages.
Understanding Character Sets and Collation Sequences
Database tables are used to store and retrieve data. Different languages and character sets need to be stored and retrieved differently. Therefore, MySQL needs to accommodate different character sets (different alphabets and characters) as well as different ways to sort and retrieve data.
When discussing multiple languages and characters sets, you will run into the following important terms:
Character set: A collection of letters and symbols
Encoding: The internal representation of the members of a character set
Collation: Instructions that dictate how characters ...
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