MySQL DB selects records with and without umlauts. e.g: '.. where something = FÖÖ'

Question

My Table collation is \"utf8_general_ci\". If i run a query like:

SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE myfield = \"FÖÖ\"

i get results where:

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Answer 1

For scandinavian letters you can use utf8_swedish_ci fir example.

Here is the character grouping for utf8_swedish_ci. It shows which characters are interpreted as the same. http://collation-charts.org/mysql60/mysql604.utf8_swedish_ci.html

Here's the directory listing for other collations. I'm no sure which is the used utf8_general_ci though. http://collation-charts.org/mysql60/