mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character%';
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------
| Variable_name| Value
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------
| character_set_client | latin1
| character_set_connection | latin1
| character_set_database | utf8
| character_set_filesystem | binary
| character_set_results| latin1
| character_set_server| utf8
| character_set_system| utf8
| character_sets_dir| D:\mysql\share\charsets\
+----------------------------------------+-------------------------
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'collation_%';
+---------------------------------------+------------------
| Variable_name| Value
+---------------------------------------+------------------
| collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci
| collation_database| utf8_general_ci
| collation_server| utf8_general_ci
+--------------------------------------+------------------
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)