Syntax\n------\n\nSET {CHARACTER SET | CHARSET}\n    {charset_name | DEFAULT}\n\nDescription\n-----------\n\nSets the character_set_client and character_set_results session system variables to the specified character set and collation_connection to the value of collation_database, which implicitly sets character_set_connection to the value of character_set_database.\n\nThis maps all strings sent between the current client and the server with the given mapping.\n\nExamples\n--------\n\nSHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set_%';\n+--------------------------+--------+\n| Variable_name            | Value  |\n+--------------------------+--------+\n| character_set_client     | utf8   |\n| character_set_connection | utf8   |\n| character_set_database   | latin1 |\n| character_set_filesystem | binary |\n| character_set_results    | utf8   |\n| character_set_server     | latin1 |\n| character_set_system     | utf8   |\n+--------------------------+--------+\n\nSHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'collation%';\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n| Variable_name        | Value             |\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n| collation_connection | utf8_general_ci   |\n| collation_database   | latin1_swedish_ci |\n| collation_server     | latin1_swedish_ci |\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n\nSET CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;\n\nSHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set_%';\n+--------------------------+---------+\n| Variable_name            | Value   |\n+--------------------------+---------+\n| character_set_client     | utf8mb4 |\n| character_set_connection | latin1  |\n| character_set_database   | latin1  |\n| character_set_filesystem | binary  |\n| character_set_results    | utf8mb4 |\n| character_set_server     | latin1  |\n| character_set_system     | utf8    |\n+--------------------------+---------+\n\nSHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'collation%';\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n| Variable_name        | Value             |\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n| collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci |\n| collation_database   | latin1_swedish_ci |\n| collation_server     | latin1_swedish_ci |\n+----------------------+-------------------+\n\nURL: https://mariadb.com/docs/server/reference/data-types/string-data-types/character-sets/set-character-set