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MySQL 5.7 Reference Manual  /  ...  /  Replication and Character Sets

16.4.1.3 Replication and Character Sets

The following applies to replication between MySQL servers that use different character sets:

  • If the source has databases with a character set different from the global character_set_server value, you should design your CREATE TABLE statements so that they do not implicitly rely on the database default character set. A good workaround is to state the character set and collation explicitly in CREATE TABLE statements.