set tidb_cost_model_version=1; create database collation_misc; use collation_misc; create table t1(a varchar(20) charset utf8); insert into t1 values ("t1_value"); alter table t1 collate uTf8mB4_uNiCoDe_Ci charset Utf8mB4 charset uTF8Mb4 collate UTF8MB4_BiN; alter table t1 modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8mb4; select * from t1; a t1_value create table t(a varchar(20) charset latin1); insert into t values ("t_value"); alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset latin1; select * from t; a t_value alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8; Error 8200: Unsupported modify charset from latin1 to utf8 drop table t; create table t(a varchar(20) charset latin1); insert into t values ("t_value"); alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8mb4; admin check table t; select * from t; a t_value drop table t; create table t(a varchar(20) charset latin1); insert into t values ("t_value"); alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci; admin check table t; select * from t; a t_value drop table t; create table t(a varchar(20) charset latin1); insert into t values ("t_value"); alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8 collate utf8_bin; Error 8200: Unsupported modify charset from latin1 to utf8 alter table t modify column a varchar(20) charset utf8mb4 collate utf8bin; [ddl:1273]Unknown collation: 'utf8bin' alter table t collate LATIN1_GENERAL_CI charset utf8 collate utf8_bin; Error 1273: Unsupported collation when new collation is enabled: 'latin1_general_ci' alter table t collate LATIN1_GENERAL_CI collate UTF8MB4_UNICODE_ci collate utf8_bin; Error 1273: Unsupported collation when new collation is enabled: 'latin1_general_ci' drop table t; create table t(a varchar(20) charset latin1); insert into t values ("t_value"); alter table t modify column a varchar(19) charset utf8mb4; admin check table t; select * from t; a t_value create database if not exists cd_test_utf8 CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin; create database if not exists cd_test_latin1 CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; Error 1273: Unsupported collation when new collation is enabled: 'latin1_swedish_ci' use cd_test_utf8; select @@character_set_database; @@character_set_database utf8 select @@collation_database; @@collation_database utf8_bin use cd_test_latin1; Error 1049: Unknown database 'cd_test_latin1' select @@character_set_database; @@character_set_database utf8 select @@collation_database; @@collation_database utf8_bin create database if not exists test_db CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; Error 1273: Unsupported collation when new collation is enabled: 'latin1_swedish_ci' with cte as (select cast('2010-09-09' as date) a union select '2010-09-09 ') select count(*) from cte; count(*) 1 set names utf8mb4 collate utf8mb4_general_ci; select position('a' in 'AA'); position('a' in 'AA') 1 select locate('a', 'AA'); locate('a', 'AA') 1 select locate('a', 'a'); locate('a', 'a') 1 set names utf8mb4; SELECT default_collate_name, maxlen FROM information_schema.character_sets ORDER BY character_set_name; default_collate_name maxlen ascii_bin 1 binary 1 gb18030_chinese_ci 4 gbk_chinese_ci 2 latin1_bin 1 utf8_bin 3 utf8mb4_bin 4 SELECT character_set_name, id, sortlen FROM information_schema.collations ORDER BY collation_name, id; character_set_name id sortlen ascii 65 1 binary 63 1 gb18030 249 1 gb18030 248 1 gbk 87 1 gbk 28 1 latin1 47 1 utf8 83 1 utf8 33 1 utf8 192 1 utf8mb4 46 1 utf8mb4 45 1 utf8mb4 224 1 select * from information_schema.COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY where COLLATION_NAME='utf8mb4_bin'; COLLATION_NAME CHARACTER_SET_NAME utf8mb4_bin utf8mb4 show charset; Charset Description Default collation Maxlen ascii US ASCII ascii_bin 1 binary binary binary 1 gb18030 China National Standard GB18030 gb18030_chinese_ci 4 gbk Chinese Internal Code Specification gbk_chinese_ci 2 latin1 Latin1 latin1_bin 1 utf8 UTF-8 Unicode utf8_bin 3 utf8mb4 UTF-8 Unicode utf8mb4_bin 4 show collation; Collation Charset Id Default Compiled Sortlen ascii_bin ascii 65 Yes Yes 1 binary binary 63 Yes Yes 1 gb18030_bin gb18030 249 Yes 1 gb18030_chinese_ci gb18030 248 Yes Yes 1 gbk_bin gbk 87 Yes 1 gbk_chinese_ci gbk 28 Yes Yes 1 latin1_bin latin1 47 Yes Yes 1 utf8_bin utf8 83 Yes Yes 1 utf8_general_ci utf8 33 Yes 1 utf8_unicode_ci utf8 192 Yes 1 utf8mb4_bin utf8mb4 46 Yes Yes 1 utf8mb4_general_ci utf8mb4 45 Yes 1 utf8mb4_unicode_ci utf8mb4 224 Yes 1 use test;