gistfile1.txt

mysql> show variables where variable_name like 'character_set%';
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                                     |
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| character_set_client     | latin1                                    | 
| character_set_connection | latin1                                    | 
| character_set_database   | latin1                                    | 
| character_set_filesystem | binary                                    | 
| character_set_results    | latin1                                    | 
| character_set_server     | utf8                                      | 
| character_set_system     | utf8                                      | 
| character_sets_dir       | /rdsdbbin/mysql-5.5.12.R1/share/charsets/ | 
+--------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
8 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> show variables where variable_name like 'colla%';
+----------------------+-------------------+
| Variable_name        | Value             |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| collation_connection | latin1_swedish_ci | 
| collation_database   | latin1_swedish_ci | 
| collation_server     | utf8_unicode_ci   | 
+----------------------+-------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)