MySQL Character Set Sorting Rules

MySQL character set sorting rules are based on the binary value of characters. Different character sets have different sorting rules, such as in the Latin1 character set, sorting is done in ASCII order; in the UTF-8 character set, sorting is done in Unicode order. MySQL offers various character sets to choose from based on specific needs for sorting. The COLLATE clause is also provided by MySQL to specify sorting rules, allowing sorting based on specified rules in queries.