mysql illegal mix of collations for operation '=' code example
Example: mysql illegal mix of collations for operation 'join'
SELECT table_schema, table_name, column_name, character_set_name, collation_name
FROM information_schema.columns
WHERE collation_name = 'latin1_general_ci'
ORDER BY table_schema, table_name,ordinal_position;
ALTER TABLE tbl_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET latin1 COLLATE 'latin1_swedish_ci'