Supported Character Sets and Collations
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Character Sets
You can see which character sets are available in a particular version by running the SHOW CHARACTER SET statement or by querying the Information Schema CHARACTER_SETS Table.
From MariaDB 11.2, it is possible to change the default collation associated with a character set. See Changing Default Collation
MariaDB supports the following character sets:
Charset | Description | Default collation | Maxlen |
---|---|---|---|
armscii8 | ARMSCII-8 Armenian | armscii8_general_ci | 1 |
ascii | US ASCII | ascii_general_ci | 1 |
big5 | Big5 Traditional Chinese | big5_chinese_ci | 2 |
binary | Binary pseudo charset | binary | 1 |
cp1250 | Windows Central European | cp1250_general_ci | 1 |
cp1251 | Windows Cyrillic | cp1251_general_ci | 1 |
cp1256 | Windows Arabic | cp1256_general_ci | 1 |
cp1257 | Windows Baltic | cp1257_general_ci | 1 |
cp850 | DOS West European | cp850_general_ci | 1 |
cp852 | DOS Central European | cp852_general_ci | 1 |
cp866 | DOS Russian | cp866_general_ci | 1 |
cp932 | SJIS for Windows Japanese | cp932_japanese_ci | 2 |
dec8 | DEC West European | dec8_swedish_ci | 1 |
eucjpms | UJIS for Windows Japanese | eucjpms_japanese_ci | 3 |
euckr | EUC-KR Korean | euckr_korean_ci | 2 |
gb2312 | GB2312 Simplified Chinese | gb2312_chinese_ci | 2 |
gbk | GBK Simplified Chinese | gbk_chinese_ci | 2 |
geostd8 | GEOSTD8 Georgian | geostd8_general_ci | 1 |
greek | ISO 8859-7 Greek | greek_general_ci | 1 |
hebrew | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew | hebrew_general_ci | 1 |
hp8 | HP West European | hp8_english_ci | 1 |
keybcs2 | DOS Kamenicky Czech-Slovak | keybcs2_general_ci | 1 |
koi8r | KOI8-R Relcom Russian | koi8r_general_ci | 1 |
koi8u | KOI8-U Ukrainian | koi8u_general_ci | 1 |
latin1 | cp1252 West European | latin1_swedish_ci | 1 |
latin2 | ISO 8859-2 Central European | latin2_general_ci | 1 |
latin5 | ISO 8859-9 Turkish | latin5_turkish_ci | 1 |
latin7 | ISO 8859-13 Baltic | latin7_general_ci | 1 |
macce | Mac Central European | macce_general_ci | 1 |
macroman | Mac West European | macroman_general_ci | 1 |
sjis | Shift-JIS Japanese | sjis_japanese_ci | 2 |
swe7 | 7bit Swedish | swe7_swedish_ci | 1 |
tis620 | TIS620 Thai | tis620_thai_ci | 1 |
ucs2 | UCS-2 Unicode | ucs2_general_ci | 2 |
ujis | EUC-JP Japanese | ujis_japanese_ci | 3 |
utf8 | UTF-8 Unicode | utf8_general_ci | 3/4 (see OLD_MODE) |
utf16 | UTF-16 Unicode | utf16_general_ci | 4 |
utf16le | UTF-16LE Unicode | utf16le_general_ci | 4 |
utf32 | UTF-32 Unicode | utf32_general_ci | 4 |
utf8mb3 | UTF-8 Unicode | utf8mb3_general_ci | 3 |
utf8mb4 | UTF-8 Unicode | utf8mb4_general_ci | 4 |
Note that the Mroonga Storage Engine only supports a limited number of character sets. See Mroonga available character sets.
Collations
MariaDB supports the following collations:
show collation; +--------------------------------+----------+------+---------+----------+---------+ | Collation | Charset | Id | Default | Compiled | Sortlen | +--------------------------------+----------+------+---------+----------+---------+ | big5_chinese_ci | big5 | 1 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | big5_bin | big5 | 84 | | Yes | 1 | | big5_chinese_nopad_ci | big5 | 1025 | | Yes | 1 | | big5_nopad_bin | big5 | 1108 | | Yes | 1 | | dec8_swedish_ci | dec8 | 3 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | dec8_bin | dec8 | 69 | | Yes | 1 | | dec8_swedish_nopad_ci | dec8 | 1027 | | Yes | 1 | | dec8_nopad_bin | dec8 | 1093 | | Yes | 1 | | cp850_general_ci | cp850 | 4 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp850_bin | cp850 | 80 | | Yes | 1 | | cp850_general_nopad_ci | cp850 | 1028 | | Yes | 1 | | cp850_nopad_bin | cp850 | 1104 | | Yes | 1 | | hp8_english_ci | hp8 | 6 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | hp8_bin | hp8 | 72 | | Yes | 1 | | hp8_english_nopad_ci | hp8 | 1030 | | Yes | 1 | | hp8_nopad_bin | hp8 | 1096 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8r_general_ci | koi8r | 7 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | koi8r_bin | koi8r | 74 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8r_general_nopad_ci | koi8r | 1031 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8r_nopad_bin | koi8r | 1098 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_german1_ci | latin1 | 5 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_swedish_ci | latin1 | 8 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | latin1_danish_ci | latin1 | 15 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_german2_ci | latin1 | 31 | | Yes | 2 | | latin1_bin | latin1 | 47 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_general_ci | latin1 | 48 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_general_cs | latin1 | 49 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_spanish_ci | latin1 | 94 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_swedish_nopad_ci | latin1 | 1032 | | Yes | 1 | | latin1_nopad_bin | latin1 | 1071 | | Yes | 1 | | latin2_czech_cs | latin2 | 2 | | Yes | 4 | | latin2_general_ci | latin2 | 9 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | latin2_hungarian_ci | latin2 | 21 | | Yes | 1 | | latin2_croatian_ci | latin2 | 27 | | Yes | 1 | | latin2_bin | latin2 | 77 | | Yes | 1 | | latin2_general_nopad_ci | latin2 | 1033 | | Yes | 1 | | latin2_nopad_bin | latin2 | 1101 | | Yes | 1 | | swe7_swedish_ci | swe7 | 10 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | swe7_bin | swe7 | 82 | | Yes | 1 | | swe7_swedish_nopad_ci | swe7 | 1034 | | Yes | 1 | | swe7_nopad_bin | swe7 | 1106 | | Yes | 1 | | ascii_general_ci | ascii | 11 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | ascii_bin | ascii | 65 | | Yes | 1 | | ascii_general_nopad_ci | ascii | 1035 | | Yes | 1 | | ascii_nopad_bin | ascii | 1089 | | Yes | 1 | | ujis_japanese_ci | ujis | 12 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | ujis_bin | ujis | 91 | | Yes | 1 | | ujis_japanese_nopad_ci | ujis | 1036 | | Yes | 1 | | ujis_nopad_bin | ujis | 1115 | | Yes | 1 | | sjis_japanese_ci | sjis | 13 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | sjis_bin | sjis | 88 | | Yes | 1 | | sjis_japanese_nopad_ci | sjis | 1037 | | Yes | 1 | | sjis_nopad_bin | sjis | 1112 | | Yes | 1 | | hebrew_general_ci | hebrew | 16 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | hebrew_bin | hebrew | 71 | | Yes | 1 | | hebrew_general_nopad_ci | hebrew | 1040 | | Yes | 1 | | hebrew_nopad_bin | hebrew | 1095 | | Yes | 1 | | tis620_thai_ci | tis620 | 18 | Yes | Yes | 4 | | tis620_bin | tis620 | 89 | | Yes | 1 | | tis620_thai_nopad_ci | tis620 | 1042 | | Yes | 4 | | tis620_nopad_bin | tis620 | 1113 | | Yes | 1 | | euckr_korean_ci | euckr | 19 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | euckr_bin | euckr | 85 | | Yes | 1 | | euckr_korean_nopad_ci | euckr | 1043 | | Yes | 1 | | euckr_nopad_bin | euckr | 1109 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8u_general_ci | koi8u | 22 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | koi8u_bin | koi8u | 75 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8u_general_nopad_ci | koi8u | 1046 | | Yes | 1 | | koi8u_nopad_bin | koi8u | 1099 | | Yes | 1 | | gb2312_chinese_ci | gb2312 | 24 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | gb2312_bin | gb2312 | 86 | | Yes | 1 | | gb2312_chinese_nopad_ci | gb2312 | 1048 | | Yes | 1 | | gb2312_nopad_bin | gb2312 | 1110 | | Yes | 1 | | greek_general_ci | greek | 25 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | greek_bin | greek | 70 | | Yes | 1 | | greek_general_nopad_ci | greek | 1049 | | Yes | 1 | | greek_nopad_bin | greek | 1094 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_general_ci | cp1250 | 26 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_czech_cs | cp1250 | 34 | | Yes | 2 | | cp1250_croatian_ci | cp1250 | 44 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_bin | cp1250 | 66 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_polish_ci | cp1250 | 99 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_general_nopad_ci | cp1250 | 1050 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1250_nopad_bin | cp1250 | 1090 | | Yes | 1 | | gbk_chinese_ci | gbk | 28 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | gbk_bin | gbk | 87 | | Yes | 1 | | gbk_chinese_nopad_ci | gbk | 1052 | | Yes | 1 | | gbk_nopad_bin | gbk | 1111 | | Yes | 1 | | latin5_turkish_ci | latin5 | 30 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | latin5_bin | latin5 | 78 | | Yes | 1 | | latin5_turkish_nopad_ci | latin5 | 1054 | | Yes | 1 | | latin5_nopad_bin | latin5 | 1102 | | Yes | 1 | | armscii8_general_ci | armscii8 | 32 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | armscii8_bin | armscii8 | 64 | | Yes | 1 | | armscii8_general_nopad_ci | armscii8 | 1056 | | Yes | 1 | | armscii8_nopad_bin | armscii8 | 1088 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_general_ci | utf8mb3 | 33 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_bin | utf8mb3 | 83 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_unicode_ci | utf8mb3 | 192 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_icelandic_ci | utf8mb3 | 193 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_latvian_ci | utf8mb3 | 194 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_romanian_ci | utf8mb3 | 195 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_slovenian_ci | utf8mb3 | 196 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_polish_ci | utf8mb3 | 197 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_estonian_ci | utf8mb3 | 198 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_spanish_ci | utf8mb3 | 199 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_swedish_ci | utf8mb3 | 200 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_turkish_ci | utf8mb3 | 201 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_czech_ci | utf8mb3 | 202 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_danish_ci | utf8mb3 | 203 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_lithuanian_ci | utf8mb3 | 204 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_slovak_ci | utf8mb3 | 205 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_spanish2_ci | utf8mb3 | 206 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_roman_ci | utf8mb3 | 207 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_persian_ci | utf8mb3 | 208 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_esperanto_ci | utf8mb3 | 209 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_hungarian_ci | utf8mb3 | 210 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_sinhala_ci | utf8mb3 | 211 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_german2_ci | utf8mb3 | 212 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8mb3 | 213 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_unicode_520_ci | utf8mb3 | 214 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_vietnamese_ci | utf8mb3 | 215 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_general_mysql500_ci | utf8mb3 | 223 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_croatian_ci | utf8mb3 | 576 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_myanmar_ci | utf8mb3 | 577 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_thai_520_w2 | utf8mb3 | 578 | | Yes | 4 | | utf8mb3_general1400_as_ci | utf8mb3 | 579 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_general_nopad_ci | utf8mb3 | 1057 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_nopad_bin | utf8mb3 | 1107 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb3_unicode_nopad_ci | utf8mb3 | 1216 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb3_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf8mb3 | 1238 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_general_ci | ucs2 | 35 | | Yes | 1 | | ucs2_bin | ucs2 | 90 | | Yes | 1 | | ucs2_unicode_ci | ucs2 | 128 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_icelandic_ci | ucs2 | 129 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_latvian_ci | ucs2 | 130 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_romanian_ci | ucs2 | 131 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_slovenian_ci | ucs2 | 132 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_polish_ci | ucs2 | 133 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_estonian_ci | ucs2 | 134 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_spanish_ci | ucs2 | 135 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_swedish_ci | ucs2 | 136 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_turkish_ci | ucs2 | 137 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_czech_ci | ucs2 | 138 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_danish_ci | ucs2 | 139 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_lithuanian_ci | ucs2 | 140 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_slovak_ci | ucs2 | 141 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_spanish2_ci | ucs2 | 142 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_roman_ci | ucs2 | 143 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_persian_ci | ucs2 | 144 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_esperanto_ci | ucs2 | 145 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_hungarian_ci | ucs2 | 146 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_sinhala_ci | ucs2 | 147 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_german2_ci | ucs2 | 148 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_croatian_mysql561_ci | ucs2 | 149 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_unicode_520_ci | ucs2 | 150 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_vietnamese_ci | ucs2 | 151 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_general_mysql500_ci | ucs2 | 159 | | Yes | 1 | | ucs2_croatian_ci | ucs2 | 640 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_myanmar_ci | ucs2 | 641 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_thai_520_w2 | ucs2 | 642 | | Yes | 4 | | ucs2_general_nopad_ci | ucs2 | 1059 | | Yes | 1 | | ucs2_nopad_bin | ucs2 | 1114 | | Yes | 1 | | ucs2_unicode_nopad_ci | ucs2 | 1152 | | Yes | 8 | | ucs2_unicode_520_nopad_ci | ucs2 | 1174 | | Yes | 8 | | cp866_general_ci | cp866 | 36 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp866_bin | cp866 | 68 | | Yes | 1 | | cp866_general_nopad_ci | cp866 | 1060 | | Yes | 1 | | cp866_nopad_bin | cp866 | 1092 | | Yes | 1 | | keybcs2_general_ci | keybcs2 | 37 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | keybcs2_bin | keybcs2 | 73 | | Yes | 1 | | keybcs2_general_nopad_ci | keybcs2 | 1061 | | Yes | 1 | | keybcs2_nopad_bin | keybcs2 | 1097 | | Yes | 1 | | macce_general_ci | macce | 38 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | macce_bin | macce | 43 | | Yes | 1 | | macce_general_nopad_ci | macce | 1062 | | Yes | 1 | | macce_nopad_bin | macce | 1067 | | Yes | 1 | | macroman_general_ci | macroman | 39 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | macroman_bin | macroman | 53 | | Yes | 1 | | macroman_general_nopad_ci | macroman | 1063 | | Yes | 1 | | macroman_nopad_bin | macroman | 1077 | | Yes | 1 | | cp852_general_ci | cp852 | 40 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp852_bin | cp852 | 81 | | Yes | 1 | | cp852_general_nopad_ci | cp852 | 1064 | | Yes | 1 | | cp852_nopad_bin | cp852 | 1105 | | Yes | 1 | | latin7_estonian_cs | latin7 | 20 | | Yes | 1 | | latin7_general_ci | latin7 | 41 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | latin7_general_cs | latin7 | 42 | | Yes | 1 | | latin7_bin | latin7 | 79 | | Yes | 1 | | latin7_general_nopad_ci | latin7 | 1065 | | Yes | 1 | | latin7_nopad_bin | latin7 | 1103 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_general_ci | utf8mb4 | 45 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_bin | utf8mb4 | 46 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_unicode_ci | utf8mb4 | 224 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_icelandic_ci | utf8mb4 | 225 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_latvian_ci | utf8mb4 | 226 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_romanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 227 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_slovenian_ci | utf8mb4 | 228 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_polish_ci | utf8mb4 | 229 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_estonian_ci | utf8mb4 | 230 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_spanish_ci | utf8mb4 | 231 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_swedish_ci | utf8mb4 | 232 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_turkish_ci | utf8mb4 | 233 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_czech_ci | utf8mb4 | 234 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_danish_ci | utf8mb4 | 235 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_lithuanian_ci | utf8mb4 | 236 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_slovak_ci | utf8mb4 | 237 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_spanish2_ci | utf8mb4 | 238 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_roman_ci | utf8mb4 | 239 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_persian_ci | utf8mb4 | 240 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_esperanto_ci | utf8mb4 | 241 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_hungarian_ci | utf8mb4 | 242 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_sinhala_ci | utf8mb4 | 243 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_german2_ci | utf8mb4 | 244 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf8mb4 | 245 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci | utf8mb4 | 246 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_vietnamese_ci | utf8mb4 | 247 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_croatian_ci | utf8mb4 | 608 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_myanmar_ci | utf8mb4 | 609 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_thai_520_w2 | utf8mb4 | 610 | | Yes | 4 | | utf8mb4_general1400_as_ci | utf8mb4 | 611 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_general_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1069 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_nopad_bin | utf8mb4 | 1070 | | Yes | 1 | | utf8mb4_unicode_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1248 | | Yes | 8 | | utf8mb4_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf8mb4 | 1270 | | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_icelandic_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_latvian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_romanian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovenian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_polish_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_estonian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_swedish_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_turkish_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_czech_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_danish_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_lithuanian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_slovak_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_spanish2_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_roman_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_persian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_esperanto_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_hungarian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_sinhala_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_german2_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_vietnamese_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_nopad_ai_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_nopad_ai_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_nopad_as_ci | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | uca1400_croatian_nopad_as_cs | NULL | NULL | NULL | Yes | 8 | | cp1251_bulgarian_ci | cp1251 | 14 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_ukrainian_ci | cp1251 | 23 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_bin | cp1251 | 50 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_general_ci | cp1251 | 51 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_general_cs | cp1251 | 52 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_nopad_bin | cp1251 | 1074 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1251_general_nopad_ci | cp1251 | 1075 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16_general_ci | utf16 | 54 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16_bin | utf16 | 55 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16_unicode_ci | utf16 | 101 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_icelandic_ci | utf16 | 102 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_latvian_ci | utf16 | 103 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_romanian_ci | utf16 | 104 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_slovenian_ci | utf16 | 105 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_polish_ci | utf16 | 106 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_estonian_ci | utf16 | 107 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_spanish_ci | utf16 | 108 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_swedish_ci | utf16 | 109 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_turkish_ci | utf16 | 110 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_czech_ci | utf16 | 111 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_danish_ci | utf16 | 112 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_lithuanian_ci | utf16 | 113 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_slovak_ci | utf16 | 114 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_spanish2_ci | utf16 | 115 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_roman_ci | utf16 | 116 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_persian_ci | utf16 | 117 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_esperanto_ci | utf16 | 118 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_hungarian_ci | utf16 | 119 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_sinhala_ci | utf16 | 120 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_german2_ci | utf16 | 121 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf16 | 122 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_unicode_520_ci | utf16 | 123 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_vietnamese_ci | utf16 | 124 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_croatian_ci | utf16 | 672 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_myanmar_ci | utf16 | 673 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_thai_520_w2 | utf16 | 674 | | Yes | 4 | | utf16_general_nopad_ci | utf16 | 1078 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16_nopad_bin | utf16 | 1079 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16_unicode_nopad_ci | utf16 | 1125 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf16 | 1147 | | Yes | 8 | | utf16le_general_ci | utf16le | 56 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | utf16le_bin | utf16le | 62 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16le_general_nopad_ci | utf16le | 1080 | | Yes | 1 | | utf16le_nopad_bin | utf16le | 1086 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1256_general_ci | cp1256 | 57 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp1256_bin | cp1256 | 67 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1256_general_nopad_ci | cp1256 | 1081 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1256_nopad_bin | cp1256 | 1091 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1257_lithuanian_ci | cp1257 | 29 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1257_bin | cp1257 | 58 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1257_general_ci | cp1257 | 59 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp1257_nopad_bin | cp1257 | 1082 | | Yes | 1 | | cp1257_general_nopad_ci | cp1257 | 1083 | | Yes | 1 | | utf32_general_ci | utf32 | 60 | | Yes | 1 | | utf32_bin | utf32 | 61 | | Yes | 1 | | utf32_unicode_ci | utf32 | 160 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_icelandic_ci | utf32 | 161 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_latvian_ci | utf32 | 162 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_romanian_ci | utf32 | 163 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_slovenian_ci | utf32 | 164 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_polish_ci | utf32 | 165 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_estonian_ci | utf32 | 166 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_spanish_ci | utf32 | 167 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_swedish_ci | utf32 | 168 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_turkish_ci | utf32 | 169 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_czech_ci | utf32 | 170 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_danish_ci | utf32 | 171 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_lithuanian_ci | utf32 | 172 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_slovak_ci | utf32 | 173 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_spanish2_ci | utf32 | 174 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_roman_ci | utf32 | 175 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_persian_ci | utf32 | 176 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_esperanto_ci | utf32 | 177 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_hungarian_ci | utf32 | 178 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_sinhala_ci | utf32 | 179 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_german2_ci | utf32 | 180 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_croatian_mysql561_ci | utf32 | 181 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_unicode_520_ci | utf32 | 182 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_vietnamese_ci | utf32 | 183 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_croatian_ci | utf32 | 736 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_myanmar_ci | utf32 | 737 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_thai_520_w2 | utf32 | 738 | | Yes | 4 | | utf32_general_nopad_ci | utf32 | 1084 | | Yes | 1 | | utf32_nopad_bin | utf32 | 1085 | | Yes | 1 | | utf32_unicode_nopad_ci | utf32 | 1184 | | Yes | 8 | | utf32_unicode_520_nopad_ci | utf32 | 1206 | | Yes | 8 | | binary | binary | 63 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | geostd8_general_ci | geostd8 | 92 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | geostd8_bin | geostd8 | 93 | | Yes | 1 | | geostd8_general_nopad_ci | geostd8 | 1116 | | Yes | 1 | | geostd8_nopad_bin | geostd8 | 1117 | | Yes | 1 | | cp932_japanese_ci | cp932 | 95 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | cp932_bin | cp932 | 96 | | Yes | 1 | | cp932_japanese_nopad_ci | cp932 | 1119 | | Yes | 1 | | cp932_nopad_bin | cp932 | 1120 | | Yes | 1 | | eucjpms_japanese_ci | eucjpms | 97 | Yes | Yes | 1 | | eucjpms_bin | eucjpms | 98 | | Yes | 1 | | eucjpms_japanese_nopad_ci | eucjpms | 1121 | | Yes | 1 | | eucjpms_nopad_bin | eucjpms | 1122 | | Yes | 1 | +--------------------------------+----------+------+---------+----------+---------+ 508 rows in set (0.003 sec)
This is from MariaDB 11.5.1 including the UCA-14.0.0 collations added in MariaDB 10.10.1.
Before MariaDB 10.6.1, the utf8mb3*
collations listed above were named utf8*
.
Note that some of the collations are used with several different character sets. In this case the Charset
and Id
columns are NULL
.
You can find all combinations of supported character set and collation in the information_schema.COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY table.
Case Sensitivity
A 'ci
' at the end of a collation name indicates the
collation is case insensitive. A 'cs
' at the end of a
collation name indicates the collation is case sensitive.
NO PAD Collations
NO PAD
collations regard trailing spaces as normal characters. You can get a list of all of these by querying the Information Schema COLLATIONS Table as follows:
SELECT collation_name FROM information_schema.COLLATIONS WHERE collation_name LIKE "%nopad%"; +------------------------------+ | collation_name | +------------------------------+ | big5_chinese_nopad_ci | | big5_nopad_bin | ...
Accent Insensitivity
An accent insensitive collation is one where the accented and unaccented versions of a letter are considered to be identical for sorting purposes.
MariaDB 10.10 added the accent insensitivity flag, and new collations are marked with '_ai' or '_as' in the name to indicate this, for example:
... | uca1400_spanish2_ai_ci | | uca1400_spanish2_ai_cs | | uca1400_spanish2_as_ci | | uca1400_spanish2_as_cs | ...
Changes
- MariaDB 10.10 added 184 UCA-14.0.0 collations. Unicode-14.0.0 was released in September 2021. They contain 939 built-in contractions. Old collations based on UCA-4.0.0 and UCA-5.2.0 did not support built-in contractions. This is a step towards better Unicode Collation Algorithm compliance. With built-in contractions, some languages (e.g. Thai) won't need specific collations and will just work with the default "root" collation.
- MariaDB 10.6.1 changed the
utf8
character set by default to be an alias for utf8mb3 rather than the other way around. It can be set to implyutf8mb4
by changing the value of the old_mode system variable. - MariaDB 10.2.2 added 88
NO PAD
collations. - MariaDB 10.1.15 added the
utf8_thai_520_w2
,utf8mb4_thai_520_w2
,ucs2_thai_520_w2
,utf16_thai_520_w2
andutf32_thai_520_w2
collations. - MariaDB 10.0.7 added the
utf8_myanmar_ci
,ucs2_myanmar_ci
,utf8mb4_myanmar_ci
,utf16_myanmar_ci
andutf32_myanmar_ci
collations. - MariaDB 10.0.5 added the
utf8_german2_ci
,utf8mb4_german2_ci
,ucs2_german2_ci
,utf16_german2_ci
andutf32_german2_ci
collations. - MariaDB 5.1.41 added a Croatian collation patch from
Alexander Barkov to fix some problems with the
Croatian character set and
LIKE
queries. This patch addedutf8_croatian_ci
anducs2_croatian_ci
collations to MariaDB.