| 10. 21. 2. Strings |
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A string is a sequence of bytes or characters. |
A String is enclosed within either single quote (') or double quote (") characters. |
For example, |
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'a string'
"another string"
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A binary string has no character set or collation. |
A non-binary string has a character set and collation. |
String literals may have an optional character set introducer and COLLATE clause: |
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[_charset_name]'string' [COLLATE collation_name]
SELECT _latin1'string';
SELECT _latin1'string' COLLATE latin1_danish_ci;
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