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Written by makis_best
6 months ago
Category: Running SQL scripts
1 posts since Fri, 16 Nov 12 		My databases in mysql or mssql contains Greek characters.
But when I execute a query the result shows any other
character except Greek.

How I can solve this problem?
Written by jfalch
6 months ago
222 posts since Sat, 17 Oct 09 		for MSSQL, try to find a different forum; MSSQL support in HeidiSQL is experimental, and mostly unsupported.

For MySQL, first of all, you can start solving this problem by providing a lot more of information about your system if you expect a sensible answer.
- what do you see instead of the expected greek characters ?
- what is the version of the mysql server you are using ? (SELECT @@version, SELECT version())
- for a database xxx where the problem occurs, what is the databases´ default character set ? (is included in result of SHOW CREATE DATABASE xxx)
- for a table yyy within xxx, where the problem occurs, what is the table´s character set ? (is included in result of SHOW CREATE TABLE xxx, as DEFAULT CHARSET= near the end, unless identical to default from xxx)
- for a field within the table yyy, where the problem occurs, does the field have a specific character set assigned which is different from its containing table ?
- what does SELECT @@character_set_client,@@character_set_connection,@@character_set_results return ?
- did you insert the field values from heidisql, or from some other tool or web interface (?php) ?

also, reading this might help; it appears complicated, but then, this is a complex subject (unless all your characer set settings are utf8, which probably is the best solution anyhow).
 

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