MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual Including MySQL NDB Cluster 7.5 and NDB Cluster 7.6
The CHARACTER_SETS table provides
information about available character sets.
The CHARACTER_SETS table has these
columns:
CHARACTER_SET_NAME
The character set name.
DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME
The default collation for the character set.
DESCRIPTION
A description of the character set.
MAXLEN
The maximum number of bytes required to store one character.
Character set information is also available from the
SHOW CHARACTER SET statement. See
Section 13.7.5.3, “SHOW CHARACTER SET Statement”. The following statements are
equivalent:
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CHARACTER_SETS [WHERE CHARACTER_SET_NAME LIKE 'wild'] SHOW CHARACTER SET [LIKE 'wild']