databaseVersion {VAR_DBVERSION}
This version of MySQL includes UTF-8 support which is the required encoding.
Choose a collation from the list. If none appears for your language, that is because the default collation utf8_general_ci is suitable.
This version of MySQL does not have UTF-8 support which is the required encoding.
It is recommended that you upgrade your database to a version newer than 4.1.2. If this is not possible, Joomla! will store utf-8 encoded content in your existing database in a backward compatibility mode. Collation selection is not possible in this mode and a default collation will be used.