How to change the default charset of a MySQL table?

Question

There is a MySQL table which has this definition taken from SQLYog Enterprise :

Table              Create Table                             


        

Answer 1

Change table's default charset:

ALTER TABLE etape_prospection
  CHARACTER SET utf8,
  COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

To change string column charset exceute this query:

ALTER TABLE etape_prospection
  CHANGE COLUMN etape_prosp_comment etape_prosp_comment TEXT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;