MySQL distinction between e and é (e acute) – UNIQUE index
and collation is “utf8_general_ci”. And that’s the answer. If you’re using utf8_general_ci (actually it applies to all utf_…_[ci|cs]) collation then diacritics are bypassed in comarison, thus: SELECT “e” = “é” AND “O” = “Ó” AND “ä” = “a” Results in 1. Indexes also use collation. If you want to distinguish between ą and a then … Read more