How do I change a MySQL table to UTF-8?

Question

I know there are many settings for a language for a table and a database.

I already created the database. I believe when I created it, it was default/LATIN. I want

Answer 1

Have a look at Using alter command to change character set.

Another useful link: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/charset-table.html

The general form is

ALTER DATABASE db_name
    [[DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET charset_name]
    [[DEFAULT] COLLATE collation_name]

and for a specific column in a table

ALTER TABLE column COLLATE utf8_general_ci

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