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Set charset to utf8mb4 for remote MySQL interactions
Set charset to utf8mb4 when interacting with remote MySQL servers. Fixes #19795. #19800 (alexey-milovidov).Why it matters
This feature addresses issues related to character encoding mismatches by ensuring that ClickHouse communicates with remote MySQL servers using theutf8mb4 charset. This improves compatibility and correctness when reading from or writing to MySQL databases that use extended UTF-8 characters.How to use it
The charset is automatically set toutf8mb4 for all interactions with remote MySQL servers; no additional user configuration is required.