mysql> show variables like "%char%";
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client | latin1 |
| character_set_connection | latin1 |
| character_set_database | utf8 |
| character_set_filesystem | binary |
| character_set_results | latin1 |
| character_set_server | utf8 |
| character_set_system | utf8 |
| character_sets_dir | /usr/local/Percona-Server-5.1.57-rel12.8-233--x86_64/share//charsets/ |
+--------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> show variables like "%coll%";
+----------------------+-------------------+
| Variable_name | Value |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci |
| collation_database | utf8_bin |
| collation_server | utf8_bin |
+----------------------+-------------------+
|