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+# This document has some useful SQL tricks
+
+* Check the character set/collation a given table uses:
+
+```
+SELECT CCSA.* FROM information_schema.`TABLES` T,
+ information_schema.`COLLATION_CHARACTER_SET_APPLICABILITY` CCSA
+WHERE CCSA.collation_name = T.table_collation
+ AND T.table_schema = "db_webqtl"
+ AND T.table_name = "Investigators";
+```