utf8_bin vs. utf_unicode_ci
My table Website Website_Name//column name Google Facebook Twitter Orkut Frype Skype Yahoo Wikipedia I i use utf8_bin collation then my query to search wikipedia in Website is Select Website_Name from Website where lower(Website_Name)='wikipedia' And if i use utf8_unicode_ci then my select query to search wikipedia in Website is Select Website_Name from Website where Website_Name='wikipedia' Now I want to know which collation is best depending upon the following queries Delan Azabani It depends on what you need. The utf8_bin collation compares strings based purely on their Unicode code point