SELECT @@version; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set\_%'; DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `btest`; CREATE TABLE `btest` ( `id` int unsigned NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, `vcol` varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci DEFAULT NULL ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; INSERT INTO btest (id, vcol) VALUES ('4231', 'Go2Zahadum') ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE id=id; INSERT INTO btest (id, vcol) VALUES (987, 'Go2Zahadum💕🌸now'); SELECT * FROM btest; SELECT * FROM btest WHERE vcol LIKE 'Go2Zahadum💕🌸%'; SHOW WARNINGS; SET SESSION character_set_client='utf8mb3'; SHOW WARNINGS; SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set\_%'; SELECT * FROM btest WHERE vcol LIKE 'Go2Zahadum💕🌸%'; SHOW WARNINGS; SELECT * FROM btest; SET NAMES utf8; SELECT * FROM btest WHERE vcol LIKE 'Go2Zahadum💕🌸%';