How to insert Hindi language in Mysql

Question

I changed the charset set but does not work

CREATE TABLE `tbl_hindi` (
  `data` varchar(1000) character set utf8 collate utf8_bin default NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1;
INSERT INTO `tbl_hindi` VALUES ('कंप्यूटर');

Answer 1

The charset of the database needs to be utf8_unicode_ci.

Try creating a new database, as well as a new table.

CREATE DATABASE hindi_test
    CHARACTER SET utf8
    COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci;

USE hindi_test;

CREATE TABLE `hindi` (
    `data` varchar(200) COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_unicode_ci;

INSERT INTO `hindi` (`data`) VALUES
    ('कंप्यूटर');

This works on my install. If it doesn't work for you, something might be wrong with your server settings.

Answer 2

You do not need database change, all you need is to alter table column.

ALTER TABLE `YOUR TABLE` CHANGE `data ` `data ` VARCHAR(1000) 
CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT NULL; 

This change works fine and very feasible.