mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'collation%';
+----------------------+-------------------+
| Variable_name        | Value             |
+----------------------+-------------------+
| collation_connection | cp1251_general_ci |
| collation_database   | cp1251_general_ci |
| collation_server     | latin1_swedish_ci |
+----------------------+-------------------+
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'character_set%';
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| Variable_name            | Value                      |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
| character_set_client     | cp1251                     |
| character_set_connection | cp1251                     |
| character_set_database   | cp1251                     |
| character_set_results    | cp1251                     |
| character_set_server     | latin1                     |
| character_set_system     | utf8                       |
| character_sets_dir       | /usr/share/mysql/charsets/ |
+--------------------------+----------------------------+
7 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select COLLATION(LNAME) from phons where phons.PHONE like '%' order by 1;
+-------------------+
| COLLATION(LNAME)  |
+-------------------+
| latin1_swedish_ci |
+-------------------+