-- https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.0/en/alter-database.html /* ALTER {DATABASE | SCHEMA} [db_name] alter_option ... alter_option: { [DEFAULT] CHARACTER SET [=] charset_name | [DEFAULT] COLLATE [=] collation_name | [DEFAULT] ENCRYPTION [=] {'Y' | 'N'} | READ ONLY [=] {DEFAULT | 0 | 1} } */ ALTER DATABASE mydb READ ONLY = 0 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_bin; ALTER SCHEMA mydb READ ONLY = 1 DEFAULT COLLATE utf8mb4_bin; ALTER DATABASE READ ONLY = DEFAULT; ALTER DATABASE mydb READ ONLY = 0; ALTER DATABASE mydb READ ONLY = 1;