DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1;
set names latin1;
create table t1 (s1 char(5) character set latin1);
insert into t1 values ('æ'),('ø'),('å');
select s1,hex(s1),length(s1) from t1 order by s1;
s1	hex(s1)	length(s1)
å	E5	1
æ	E6	1
ø	F8	1