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Where is the Character Conversion Done?

April 26, 2017character conversion

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Where is the Character Conversion Done?

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Normally conversion is done at client side for performance reasons. This is true from Version 8.0.4 onwards. If the database is using a character set not known by the client then the conversion is done at server side. This is true from Version 8.1.6 onwards.