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I am running a production application with MySQL database server. I forget to set column's collation from latin to utf8_unicode, which results in strange data when saving to the column with multi-language data.
My question is, what will happen with my existing data if I change my collation to utf8_unicode now? Will it destroy or corrupt the existing data or will the data remain, but the new data will be saved as utf8 as it should?
I will change with phpMyAdmin web client.
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Goto PhpMyAdmin->Operations->Collation. No need of select collation while creating new columns. Show activity on this post. The following query will generate ALTER queries that change the collation for all appropriate columns in all tables to a certain type (utf8_general_ci in my example below).
A collation is a set of rules that defines how to compare and sort character strings. Each collation in MySQL belongs to a single character set. Every character set has at least one collation, and most have two or more collations. A collation orders characters based on weights.
If you're using MySQL 8.0, the default charset is utf8mb4. If you elect to use UTF-8 as your collation, always use utf8mb4 (specifically utf8mb4_unicode_ci).
My question is, what will happen with my existing data if I change my collation to utf8_unicode now?
Answer: If you change to utf8_unicode_ci, nonthing will happen to your existing data (which is already corrupt and remain corrupt till you modify it).
Will it destroy or corrupt the existing data or will the data remain, but the new data will be saved as utf8 as it should?
Answer: After you change to utf8_unicode_ci, existing data will not be destroyed. It will remain the same like before (something like ????). However, if you insert new data containing Unicode characters, it will be stored correctly.
I will change with phpMyAdmin web client.
Answer: Sure, you can change collation with phpMyAdmin by going to Operations > Table options
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