Use CONVERT to copy data from one column of a table into another and change the character set. : CONVERT « String « SQL / MySQL

1. SQL / MySQL
2. String
3. CONVERT

Use CONVERT to copy data from one column of a table into another and change the character set.

 mysql> CREATE TABLE mytable (
    ->   titleID int(11),
    ->   title varchar(100),
    ->   subtitle varchar(100),
    ->   edition tinyint(4),
    ->   publID int(11),
    ->   catID int(11),
    ->   langID int(11),
    ->   year int(11),
    ->   isbn varchar(20),
    ->   comment varchar(255),
    ->   ts timestamp,
    ->   authors varchar(255),
    ->   PRIMARY KEY  (titleID)
    -> );
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>
mysql>
mysql>
mysql> INSERT INTO mytable VALUES (1,'Linux','Installation',5,1,57,2,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:21','Michael'),
    ->                           (2,'Excel',NULL,NULL,2,3,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','David'),
    ->                           (3,'XML',NULL,NULL,1,2,NULL,1997,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Edwards'),
    ->                           (4,'PHP',NULL,NULL,3,6,NULL,2000,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tom'),
    ->                           (5,'MySQL','',0,3,34,NULL,2000,'','','2005-02-28 13:34:22','Paul'),
    ->                           (6,'Java',NULL,NULL,4,34,NULL,1999,NULL,NULL,'2005-02-28 13:34:22','Tim');
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Records: 6  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql>
mysql> ALTER TABLE mytable ADD title_utf8 VARCHAR(100) CHARSET utf8;
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.01 sec)
Records: 6  Duplicates: 0  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql> UPDATE mytable SET title_utf8 = CONVERT(title USING utf8);
Query OK, 6 rows affected (0.00 sec)
Rows matched: 6  Changed: 6  Warnings: 0

mysql>
mysql> drop table mytable;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

mysql>

   
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

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