--disable_warnings DROP TABLE IF EXISTS t1; --enable_warnings set names latin1; set @@collation_connection=latin1_danish_ci; create table t1 (s1 char(5) character set latin1) COLLATE=latin1_danish_ci; insert into t1 values ('æ'),('ø'),('å'); select s1,hex(s1),length(s1) from t1 order by s1; show variables like 'coll%';