Set the Character Set and Collation of a Table in MariaDB

You can specify the character set and collation at various levels in MariaDB. You can specify them at the connection level, the server level, the database level, the table level, and even the column level.

You can also specify a collation in your queries so that it overrides any collation that has been previously specified at the aforementioned levels.

To set the character set and collation at the table level, use the CREATE TABLE statement or ALTER TABLE statement (depending on whether you’re creating the table or modifying it).

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Show the Collation in MariaDB

In MariaDB, collation can be applied at many levels. Collation can be applied at the server level, the connection level, the database level, the table level, and even at the column level.

It’s also possible to specify a collation at the query level, so that it will override any collation that has been applied at the database, table, or column levels.

MariaDB provides a number of options for returning the collation at the various levels.

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Return the Partition Number for Each Row When Querying a Partitioned Table in SQL Server (T-SQL)

If you’ve got a partitioned table in SQL Server, and you now want to run a query that includes the partition number on each row returned by the query, you can use the $PARTITION system function to do just that.

The $PARTITION function returns the partition number into which a set of partitioning column values would be mapped for any specified partition function.

You can therefore use it in your SELECT statement to return the partition that each row belongs to.

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