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Which encoding to choose in MySQL - utf8 or utf8mb4 (utf8mb4_general_ci, utf8mb4_unicode_ci or utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci). How do they differ, how are they decoded and possible errors - Eqsash
Importing database: Use mysql_version to avoid `Unknown collation: ' utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci'` · Issue #1902 · ddev/ddev · GitHub
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MySQL: Character Sets, Unicode, and UCA compliant collations – lefred blog: tribulations of a MySQL Evangelist
![Morgan Tocker on Twitter: "The graphs 4-6 show utf8mb4 performance with collations general and unicode. They show MariaDB as faster! But in MySQL the recommended (and default) collation for utf8mb4 is utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci. Morgan Tocker on Twitter: "The graphs 4-6 show utf8mb4 performance with collations general and unicode. They show MariaDB as faster! But in MySQL the recommended (and default) collation for utf8mb4 is utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E5kfLmYWYAM_oDz.png)
Morgan Tocker on Twitter: "The graphs 4-6 show utf8mb4 performance with collations general and unicode. They show MariaDB as faster! But in MySQL the recommended (and default) collation for utf8mb4 is utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci.
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