mysql-error-1267

Illegal mix of collations error in MySql

Here’s how to check which columns are the wrong collation: SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, character_set_name, collation_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE collation_name=”latin1_general_ci” ORDER BY table_schema, table_name,ordinal_position; And here’s the query to fix it: ALTER TABLE tbl_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE ‘latin1_swedish_ci’; Link

Illegal mix of collations MySQL Error

SET collation_connection = ‘utf8_general_ci’; then for your databases ALTER DATABASE your_database_name CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; ALTER TABLE your_table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; MySQL sneaks swedish in there sometimes for no sensible reason.