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If you encounter garbled characters when exporting a CSV file, you can try the following methods to resolve it:<\/p>\n

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  1. Check if the character encoding of the database table is correctly set to UTF-8. You can use the following command to view the character encoding of the table:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
    If the character set encoding is not UTF-8, you can use the following command to modify the table’s character set encoding.<\/p>\n
    ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. Specify the character encoding as UTF-8 when exporting the CSV file. You can use the following command to export the CSV file:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      SELECT * FROM table_name INTO OUTFILE '\/path\/to\/file.csv' CHARACTER SET utf8 FIELDS TERMINATED BY ',' ENCLOSED BY '\"' LINES TERMINATED BY '\\n';\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. If the exported CSV file still appears as garbled text, you can try opening the CSV file with a text editor and then set the file encoding to UTF-8.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        By following the methods above, you should be able to solve the issue of garbled characters in the MySQL exported CSV file. If the problem still persists, you can try using other methods or tools to export the CSV file.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
        If you encounter garbled characters when exporting a CSV file, you can try the following methods to resolve it: Check if the character encoding of the database table is correctly set to UTF-8. 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