Supported Character Sets and Collations

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Character Sets

MariaDB 10.2 supports the following character sets:

Note that the Mroonga Storage Engine only supports a limited number of character sets. See Mroonga available character sets.

CharsetDescriptionDefault collationMaxlen
armscii8ARMSCII-8 Armenianarmscii8_general_ci1
asciiUS ASCIIascii_general_ci1
big5Big5 Traditional Chinesebig5_chinese_ci2
binaryBinary pseudo charsetbinary1
cp1250Windows Central Europeancp1250_general_ci1
cp1251Windows Cyrilliccp1251_general_ci1
cp1256Windows Arabiccp1256_general_ci1
cp1257Windows Balticcp1257_general_ci1
cp850DOS West Europeancp850_general_ci1
cp852DOS Central Europeancp852_general_ci1
cp866DOS Russiancp866_general_ci1
cp932SJIS for Windows Japanesecp932_japanese_ci2
dec8DEC West Europeandec8_swedish_ci1
eucjpmsUJIS for Windows Japaneseeucjpms_japanese_ci3
euckrEUC-KR Koreaneuckr_korean_ci2
gb2312GB2312 Simplified Chinesegb2312_chinese_ci2
gbkGBK Simplified Chinesegbk_chinese_ci2
geostd8GEOSTD8 Georgiangeostd8_general_ci1
greekISO 8859-7 Greekgreek_general_ci1
hebrewISO 8859-8 Hebrewhebrew_general_ci1
hp8HP West Europeanhp8_english_ci1
keybcs2DOS Kamenicky Czech-Slovakkeybcs2_general_ci1
koi8rKOI8-R Relcom Russiankoi8r_general_ci1
koi8uKOI8-U Ukrainiankoi8u_general_ci1
latin1cp1252 West Europeanlatin1_swedish_ci1
latin2ISO 8859-2 Central Europeanlatin2_general_ci1
latin5ISO 8859-9 Turkishlatin5_turkish_ci1
latin7ISO 8859-13 Balticlatin7_general_ci1
macceMac Central Europeanmacce_general_ci1
macromanMac West Europeanmacroman_general_ci1
sjisShift-JIS Japanesesjis_japanese_ci2
swe77bit Swedishswe7_swedish_ci1
tis620TIS620 Thaitis620_thai_ci1
ucs2UCS-2 Unicodeucs2_general_ci2
ujisEUC-JP Japaneseujis_japanese_ci3
utf8UTF-8 Unicodeutf8_general_ci3/4 (see OLD_MODE)
utf16UTF-16 Unicodeutf16_general_ci4
utf16leUTF-16LE Unicodeutf16le_general_ci4
utf32UTF-32 Unicodeutf32_general_ci4
utf8mb3UTF-8 Unicodeutf8mb3_general_ci3
utf8mb4UTF-8 Unicodeutf8mb4_general_ci4

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.

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 |
| utf8_general_ci              | utf8     |   33 | Yes     | Yes      |       1 |
| utf8_bin                     | utf8     |   83 |         | Yes      |       1 |
| utf8_unicode_ci              | utf8     |  192 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_icelandic_ci            | utf8     |  193 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_latvian_ci              | utf8     |  194 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_romanian_ci             | utf8     |  195 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_slovenian_ci            | utf8     |  196 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_polish_ci               | utf8     |  197 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_estonian_ci             | utf8     |  198 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_spanish_ci              | utf8     |  199 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_swedish_ci              | utf8     |  200 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_turkish_ci              | utf8     |  201 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_czech_ci                | utf8     |  202 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_danish_ci               | utf8     |  203 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_lithuanian_ci           | utf8     |  204 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_slovak_ci               | utf8     |  205 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_spanish2_ci             | utf8     |  206 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_roman_ci                | utf8     |  207 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_persian_ci              | utf8     |  208 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_esperanto_ci            | utf8     |  209 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_hungarian_ci            | utf8     |  210 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_sinhala_ci              | utf8     |  211 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_german2_ci              | utf8     |  212 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_croatian_mysql561_ci    | utf8     |  213 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_unicode_520_ci          | utf8     |  214 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_vietnamese_ci           | utf8     |  215 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_general_mysql500_ci     | utf8     |  223 |         | Yes      |       1 |
| utf8_croatian_ci             | utf8     |  576 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_myanmar_ci              | utf8     |  577 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_thai_520_w2             | utf8     |  578 |         | Yes      |       4 |
| utf8_general_nopad_ci        | utf8     | 1057 |         | Yes      |       1 |
| utf8_nopad_bin               | utf8     | 1107 |         | Yes      |       1 |
| utf8_unicode_nopad_ci        | utf8     | 1216 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| utf8_unicode_520_nopad_ci    | utf8     | 1238 |         | Yes      |       8 |
| ucs2_general_ci              | ucs2     |   35 | Yes     | 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     | 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_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 |
| 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     | 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     | 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 |
+------------------------------+----------+------+---------+----------+---------+
322 rows in set (0.00 sec)

From MariaDB 10.6.1, the utf8* collations listed above are renamed utf8mb3*.

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. A 'nopad' as part of the name indicates that the collation is of type NO PAD as opposed to PADSPACE (see below).

NO PAD collations

MariaDB starting with 10.2

Until MariaDB 10.1, all collations were of type PADSPACE. From MariaDB 10.2, 88 new NO PAD collations are available. 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               |
...

Changes

  • MariaDB 10.10 added the UCA-14.0.0 collations.
  • 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 imply utf8mb4 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 and utf32_thai_520_w2 collations.
  • MariaDB 10.0.7 added the utf8_myanmar_ci, ucs2_myanmar_ci, utf8mb4_myanmar_ci, utf16_myanmar_ci and utf32_myanmar_ci collations.
  • MariaDB 10.0.5 added the utf8_german2_ci, utf8mb4_german2_ci, ucs2_german2_ci, utf16_german2_ci and utf32_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 added utf8_croatian_ci and ucs2_croatian_ci collations to MariaDB.

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