dreamwest Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Why is utf8_unicode_ci (98MB) smaller in size compared to latin1_swedish_ci (120MB) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251705-utf8_unicode_ci-vs-latin1_swedish_ci/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Why does it matter? Either you have unicode characters or you don't. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251705-utf8_unicode_ci-vs-latin1_swedish_ci/#findComment-1291113 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamwest Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 It fascinating. Both exactly the same data, but 2 different sizes. I figured one was compressed somehow Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251705-utf8_unicode_ci-vs-latin1_swedish_ci/#findComment-1291123 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenway Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Multi-byte characters vs single-code. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251705-utf8_unicode_ci-vs-latin1_swedish_ci/#findComment-1291196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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