GBK: create database test2 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET gbk COLLATE gbk_chinese_ci; UTF8: CREATE DATABASE `test2` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;[root@linuxtest test]# mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 5 Server version: 5.1.30-community MySQL Community Server (GPL) Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE `test` DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.06 sec)mysql> show databases; +--------------------+ | Database | +--------------------+ | information_schema | | cacti | | mysql | | test | | +--------------------+ 5 rows in set (0.07 sec) 這個test庫就是utf-8格式的