I imported some data using LOAD DATA INFILE into a MySQL Database. The table itself and the columns are using the UTF8 character set, but the default character set of the d
I recently completed a shell script that automates the conversion process. It is also configurable to write custom filters for any text you wish to replace or remove. For example : stripping HTML characters etc. Table whitelists and blacklists are also possible. You can download it at sourceforge: https://sourceforge.net/projects/mysqltr/