Fix MySQL Import Character Encoding Issues
Corruption of characters usually occurs because the encoding settings are incorrect during database import. You can try the following methods to solve it:
- Specify the encoding format in the command for importing the database:
When importing a database using the mysql command, you can specify the encoding format by using the –default-character-set=utf8 parameter, for example:
mysql -u username -p dbname < db.sql --default-character-set=utf8
- Specify the encoding format when exporting the database:
When using the mysqldump command to export a database, you can specify the encoding format by using the –default-character-set=utf8 parameter, for example:
mysqldump -u username -p dbname --default-character-set=utf8 > db.sql
- Specify the encoding format during database connection:
When connecting to the database, you can specify the encoding format as utf8, for example:
mysql -u username -p --default-character-set=utf8
The issue of garbled characters when importing a database in MySQL can be resolved by following the above methods. If the problem persists, you can try checking the default encoding format of the database and tables, and ensure they are aligned with the encoding format of the imported data.