select 'Ok, the server started' as result; result Ok, the server started select @@SQL_MODE; @@SQL_MODE REAL_AS_FLOAT,PIPES_AS_CONCAT,ANSI_QUOTES,IGNORE_SPACE,ONLY_FULL_GROUP_BY,ANSI select @@character_set_server; @@character_set_server utf8 show global variables like 'character_set_system'; Variable_name Value character_set_system utf8