How to update character_set_client to utf8mb4 in mysql 5.5.x

Question

Following commands gives the charset info

SHOW VARIABLES WHERE Variable_name LIKE 'character\_set\_%' OR Variable_name LIKE 'collation%'

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Any idea how to change character_set_client to utf8mb4 ??

Answer 1

Did you try this ?

SET character_set_client = 'utf8mb4';