CONVERT() provides a way to convert data between different character sets. The syntax is:
CONVERT(expr USING transcoding_name)
In MySQL, transcoding names are the same as the corresponding character set names.
Examples:
SELECT CONVERT(_latin1'Müller' USING utf8); INSERT INTO utf8table (utf8column) SELECT CONVERT(latin1field USING utf8) FROM latin1table;
CONVERT(... USING ...) is implemented according to the SQL-99 specification.