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Correcting wrong character encoding in MySQL data

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When you forget to "SET NAMES utf8", you'll probably end up with a bunch of latin1 data in your utf8 column. This query fixes that, CONVERTing the existing data to its correct collation.

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  1. UPDATE table SET column=CONVERT(CONVERT(CONVERT(column USING latin1) USING binary) using utf8);

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