CREATE TABLE tbl_name (column_list)
[DEFAULT CHARACTER SET charset_name [COLLATE collation_name]]
ALTER TABLE tbl_name
[DEFAULT CHARACTER SET charset_name] [COLLATE collation_name]
CHARACTER SET X 和 COLLATE Y → 採用 X + Y。CHARACTER SET X → 採用 X + X 的預設校對。欄位定義中未指定字符集/校對時,自動採用所屬表的字符集與校對。表級字符集與校對是 MySQL 延伸語法,標準 SQL 無此概念。
CREATE TABLE t1 ( ... ) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE latin1_danish_ci;