A script to change all tables and fields to the utf-8-bin collation in MYSQL

Question

Is there a SQL or PHP script that I can run that will change the default collation in all tables and fields in a database?

I can write one

Answer 1

For Windows Users

In addition to @davidwinterbottom answer, windows users can use command below:

mysql.exe --database=[database] -u [user] -p[password] -B -N -e "SHOW TABLES" \
| awk.exe '{print "SET foreign_key_checks = 0; ALTER TABLE", $1, "CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; SET foreign_key_checks = 1; "}' \
| mysql.exe -u [user] -p[password] --database=[database] &

Replace [database], [user] and [password] placeholders with actual values.

Git-bash users can download this bash script and run it easily.