Question

Is it possible to view the collation for a specific schema via sql? I have found examples for individual columns but its the schema im hoping to lookup.

So as a guess something like

SELECT 'collation_info' FROM DB_NAME

Answer 1

You can view this information from information_schema.schemata table –

SELECT * FROM information_schema.SCHEMATA
  WHERE schema_name = 'DB_NAME';

Or try SHOW CREATE DATABASE statement.