Illegal mix of collations (utf8_general_ci,IMPLICIT) and (cp1251_general_ci,COERCIBLE) for operation 'like' SQL query : SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT p.productID) FROM SS_products p where categoryID>1 and enabled=1 and ( LOWER(name) LIKE '%ð ñ™ð â€ºð ñ’ð â€™ð â˜ð ñ’ð ñžð ðˆð â ð ñ’%' OR LOWER(product_code ) LIKE '%ð ñ™ð â€ºð ñ’ð â€™ð â˜ð ñ’ð ñžð ðˆð â ð ñ’%' OR LOWER(brief_description) LIKE '%ð ñ™ð â€ºð ñ’ð â€™ð â˜ð ñ’ð ñžð ðˆð â ð ñ’%' )