MySQL 1115: Unknown character set.

  1. Identify the character set causing the error by examining the statement that triggered it. Look for any `CHARACTER SET` declarations.



  1. Run `SHOW CHARACTER SET;` in the MySQL command line to list all supported character sets in your MySQL server.



  1. Compare the character set from step 1 with the list from step 2 to confirm if the character set is indeed unknown to your MySQL server.



  1. If the character set is not supported, modify your SQL statement or table definition to use a supported character set. For example, if you attempted to use `CHARACTER SET abc`, and `abc` is not supported, change to a supported one like `utf8mb4`:



ALTER TABLE yourtablename CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4unicodeci;

  1. If it's a new character set you believe should be supported (e.g., after a MySQL version upgrade), check your MySQL server's configuration file (my.cnf or my.ini) for any character set configurations that might be limiting the available character sets and adjust as necessary.



  1. Restart the MySQL server after any configuration changes:



sudo systemctl restart mysql

7. If the character set is supposed to be supported according to your MySQL version, but is still not recognized, you may need to consider updating or patching your MySQL server to the latest version where that character set is supported.

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