- a CREATE TABLE will put the COLLATE option

    after CHARSET, which appears to be part of
    MySQL's arbitrary rules regarding if it will actually
    work or not.  [ticket:2225]

3 files changed, 50 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 6d27cc2e8..e7f399261 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ CHANGES
     quote symbol "'" for XA commands instead
     of '"'.  [ticket:2186].
 
+  - a CREATE TABLE will put the COLLATE option 
+    after CHARSET, which appears to be part of 
+    MySQL's arbitrary rules regarding if it will actually
+    work or not.  [ticket:2225]
+
 - oracle
   - Added ORA-00028 to disconnect codes, use 
     cx_oracle _Error.code to get at the code,
diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
index 740b4937d..b2d025bdd 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mysql/base.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ from array import array as _array
 from sqlalchemy.engine import reflection
 from sqlalchemy.engine import base as engine_base, default
 from sqlalchemy import types as sqltypes
-
+from sqlalchemy import topological
 from sqlalchemy.types import DATE, DATETIME, BOOLEAN, TIME, \
                                 BLOB, BINARY, VARBINARY
 
@@ -1310,25 +1310,35 @@ class MySQLDDLCompiler(compiler.DDLCompiler):
         """Build table-level CREATE options like ENGINE and COLLATE."""
 
         table_opts = []
-        for k in table.kwargs:
-            if k.startswith('mysql_'):
-                opt = k[6:].upper()
-
-                arg = table.kwargs[k]
-                if opt in _options_of_type_string:
-                    arg = "'%s'" % arg.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "''")
-
-                if opt in ('DATA_DIRECTORY', 'INDEX_DIRECTORY',
-                           'DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET', 'CHARACTER_SET', 'DEFAULT_CHARSET',
-                           'DEFAULT_COLLATE'):
-                    opt = opt.replace('_', ' ')
-
-                joiner = '='
-                if opt in ('TABLESPACE', 'DEFAULT CHARACTER SET',
-                           'CHARACTER SET', 'COLLATE'):
-                    joiner = ' '
-
-                table_opts.append(joiner.join((opt, arg)))
+        opts = dict(
+            (
+                k[len(self.dialect.name)+1:].upper(), 
+                v
+            )
+            for k, v in table.kwargs.items()
+            if k.startswith('%s_' % self.dialect.name)
+        )
+
+        for opt in topological.sort([
+            ('DEFAULT_CHARSET', 'COLLATE'),
+            ('DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET', 'COLLATE')
+         ], opts):
+            arg = opts[opt]
+            if opt in _options_of_type_string:
+                arg = "'%s'" % arg.replace("\\", "\\\\").replace("'", "''")
+
+            if opt in ('DATA_DIRECTORY', 'INDEX_DIRECTORY',
+                       'DEFAULT_CHARACTER_SET', 'CHARACTER_SET', 
+                       'DEFAULT_CHARSET',
+                       'DEFAULT_COLLATE'):
+                opt = opt.replace('_', ' ')
+
+            joiner = '='
+            if opt in ('TABLESPACE', 'DEFAULT CHARACTER SET',
+                       'CHARACTER SET', 'COLLATE'):
+                joiner = ' '
+
+            table_opts.append(joiner.join((opt, arg)))
         return ' '.join(table_opts)
 
     def visit_drop_index(self, drop):
diff --git a/test/dialect/test_mysql.py b/test/dialect/test_mysql.py
index f1601bbc1..1e4d19d9c 100644
--- a/test/dialect/test_mysql.py
+++ b/test/dialect/test_mysql.py
@@ -334,6 +334,21 @@ class TypesTest(TestBase, AssertsExecutionResults, AssertsCompiledSQL):
         charset_table.drop()
 
     @testing.exclude('mysql', '<', (5, 0, 5), 'a 5.0+ feature')
+    @testing.provide_metadata
+    def test_charset_collate_table(self):
+        t = Table('foo', metadata,
+            Column('id', Integer),
+            mysql_default_charset='utf8',
+            mysql_collate='utf8_unicode_ci'
+        )
+        t.create()
+        m2 = MetaData(testing.db)
+        t2 = Table('foo', m2, autoload=True)
+        eq_(t2.kwargs['mysql_collate'], 'utf8_unicode_ci')
+        # note we changed this to have an _ in 0.7.3
+        eq_(t2.kwargs['mysql_default charset'], 'utf8')
+
+    @testing.exclude('mysql', '<', (5, 0, 5), 'a 5.0+ feature')
     @testing.fails_on('mysql+oursql', 'some round trips fail, oursql bug ?')
     def test_bit_50(self):
         """Exercise BIT types on 5.0+ (not valid for all engine types)"""