collations

collations contains the available collations.

The following fields are provided in collations:

FieldDescription
COLLATION_NAMEThe collation name.
CHARACTER_SET_NAMEThe name of the character set with which the collation is associated.
IDThe collation ID.
IS_DEFAULTWhether the collation is the default for its character set.
IS_COMPILEDWhether the character set is compiled into the server.
SORTLENThis is related to the amount of memory required to sort strings expressed in the character set.
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