Q:

utf8_general_ci - is it standard Unicode?

I have a database, with a table set to utf8_general_ci
It contains the following cyrillic data: Дabc123
The MySQL ORD function returns the code of the first character... so ....
SELECT ORD('myColumn') FROM myTable

... should return DECIMAL 1044 but instead returns DECIMAL 53396
Why? 53396 is a Chinese character...

A:

ORD does not return the code point of the first character; it returns a Mysql-specific "code" that is calculated in the manner the documentation mentions.

