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character_set_system

This page is part of MariaDB's Documentation.

The parent of this page is: System Variables for MariaDB Enterprise Server

Topics on this page:

Overview
USAGE
DETAILS
- SYNONYMS
- SCHEMA
- PARAMETERS
- SKYSQL
- PRIVILEGES
EXAMPLES
ERROR HANDLING
FEATURE INTERACTION
RESPONSES
DIAGNOSIS
ISO 9075:2016
CHANGE HISTORY
RELATED TOPICS
EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Overview

The character set used by the server for storing identifiers

See also: System Variables for MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6, in 10.5 ES, in 10.4 ES, in 10.3 ES, in 10.2 ES, in 10.6 CS, in 10.5 CS, in 10.4 CS, in 10.3 CS, and in 10.2 CS

See also: System Variables for MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6, in 10.5 ES, and in 10.4 ES

USAGE

DETAILS

SYNONYMS

SCHEMA

PARAMETERS

Command-line	Not Supported
Configuration file	Not Supported
Dynamic	No
Scope	Global
Data Type	ENUM
Product Default Value	utf8mb3

SKYSQL

Cloud	SkySQL Topology	ES Ver	Service Default
AWS	Multi-Node Analytics	10.6	utf8mb3
	Single Node Analytics	10.6	utf8mb3
	Replicated Transactions	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
	Single Node Transactions	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
GCP	Multi-Node Analytics	10.6	utf8mb3
	Single Node Analytics	10.6	utf8mb3
	Replicated Transactions	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
	Single Node Transactions	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3

Cloud	SkySQL Topology	ES Ver	Service Default
AWS	ColumnStore Data Warehouse	10.6	utf8mb3
	Enterprise Server With Replica(s)	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
	Enterprise Server Single Node	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
GCP	ColumnStore Data Warehouse	10.6	utf8mb3
	Enterprise Server With Replica(s)	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3
	Enterprise Server Single Node	10.4	utf8
		10.5	utf8
		10.6	utf8mb3

See SkySQL details in MariaDB SkySQL previous release
See SkySQL details in MariaDB SkySQL new release

PRIVILEGES

EXAMPLES

ERROR HANDLING

FEATURE INTERACTION

RESPONSES

DIAGNOSIS

ISO 9075:2016

CHANGE HISTORY

Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Default value changed in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1 from utf8 to utf8mb3
10.6 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.0. Default value changed in MariaDB Community Server 10.6.1 from utf8 to utf8mb3
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.5 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.5.0.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.
10.4 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.4.0.
10.3 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.3.16-1.
10.3 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.3.0.
10.2 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.2.25-1.
10.2 Community	Present starting in MariaDB Community Server 10.2.0.

Release Series	History
10.6 Enterprise	Default value changed in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.6.4-1 from utf8 to utf8mb3
10.5 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.5.3-1.
10.4 Enterprise	Present starting in MariaDB Enterprise Server 10.4.6-1.

RELATED TOPICS

EXTERNAL REFERENCES

Additional information on this topic may be found in the MariaDB Public Knowledge Base.