MySQL 8.0 Release Notes
MySQL 8.0 Source Code Documentation
The CHARACTER_SETS table provides
information about available character sets.
The CHARACTER_SETS table has these
columns:
CHARACTER_SET_NAMEThe character set name.
DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAMEThe default collation for the character set.
DESCRIPTIONA description of the character set.
MAXLENThe maximum number of bytes required to store one character.
Notes
Character set information is also available from the
SHOW CHARACTER SET statement. See
Section 13.7.6.3, “SHOW CHARACTER SET Syntax”. The following statements are
equivalent:
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CHARACTER_SETS
[WHERE CHARACTER_SET_NAME LIKE 'wild']
SHOW CHARACTER SET
[LIKE 'wild']