对于数据库操作例如导入导出经常会涉及到设置字符集，所以如何查看mysql数据库的字符集是网站管理员需要掌握的技巧。
下面介绍3种常用的mysql字符集查看命令
一、查看MySQL数据库服务器和数据库MySQL字符集。

mysql> show variables like '%char%';

+--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------ | Variable_name | Value |...... +--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------ | character_set_client | utf8 |...... -- 客户端字符集 | character_set_connection | utf8 |...... | character_set_database | utf8 |...... -- 数据库字符集 | character_set_filesystem | binary |...... | character_set_results | utf8 |...... | character_set_server | utf8 |...... -- 服务器字符集 | character_set_system | utf8 |...... | character_sets_dir | D:\MySQL Server 5.0\share\charsets\ |...... +--------------------------+-------------------------------------+------

二、查看MySQL数据表（table）的MySQL字符集。

mysql> show table status from sqlstudy_db like '%countries%';

+-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------ | Name | Engine | Version | Row_format | Rows | Collation |...... +-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------ | countries | InnoDB | 10 | Compact | 11 | utf8_general_ci |...... +-----------+--------+---------+------------+------+-----------------+------

三、查看MySQL数据列（column）的MySQL字符集。

mysql> show full columns from countries;

+----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------- | Field | Type | Collation | ....... +----------------------+-------------+-----------------+-------- | countries_id | int(11) | NULL | ....... | countries_name | varchar(64) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | countries_iso_code_2 | char(2) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | countries_iso_code_3 | char(3) | utf8_general_ci | ....... | address_format_id | int(11) | NULL | ....... +----------------------+-------------+-----------------+--------

希望以上三种方法对您今后操作数据库有所帮助