参考：http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_48f0f4da0100cktq.html
查看表的结构：
mysql> show create users;
ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that
corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'users
' at line 1
mysql> show create table users;
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Table | Create Table
|
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| users | CREATE TABLE `users` (
`userid` int(11) default NULL,
`username` char(20) character set latin1 default NULL
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=gbk |
+-------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> desc users;
+----------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+----------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| userid | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
| username | char(20) | YES | | NULL | |
+----------+----------+------+-----+---------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.02 sec)
这时向表中插入中文然后有错误。
mysql> insert into users values(88,'中文');
ERROR 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\xD6\xD0\xCE\xC4' for column 'usern
ame' at row 1
mysql> insert into users values(88,'中文');
ERROR 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\xD6\xD0\xCE\xC4' for column 'usern
ame' at row 1
还要更改users表的username的字符集。
mysql> alter table users modify username char(20) character set gbk;
ERROR 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\xC0\xEE\xCB\xC4' for column 'usern
ame' at row 1
mysql> alter table users modify username char(20) character set gbk;
ERROR 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\xC0\xEE\xCB\xC4' for column 'usern
ame' at row 1
因为表中已经有数据，所以更改username字符集的操作没有成功
清空users表中的数据
mysql> truncate table users;
Query OK, 3 rows affected (0.01 sec)
从新更改user表中username的字符集
mysql> alter table users modify username char(20) character set gbk;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.06 sec)
Records: 0 Duplicates: 0 Warnings: 0
这时再插入中文字符，插入成功。
mysql> insert into users values(88,'中文');
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.01 sec)
mysql> select * from users;
+--------+----------+
| userid | username |
+--------+----------+
| 88 | 中文 |
+--------+----------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
另一种方法：
进入cmd,进入mysql 用show variables查看你的字符集,character_set_server是服务器编码.要改变服务器的编码必须重新启动服务器 用mysqladmin –uroot shutdown关闭服务器,然后mysqld –C GBK启动服务器 –C是character_set_server的一个简写（可以也可以写成mysqld –character_set_server gbk）