SELECT -- ia.Email REPLACE(concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name),' ','') FROM (SELECT Last_Name, First_Name, Email FROM Contributor ia WHERE Email IS NOT NULL UNION SELECT name, first_Name, Email FROM Person WHERE Email IS NOT NULL) ia WHERE REPLACE(concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name),' ','') = REPLACE('André Van Ryckeghem',' ','') collate latin1_general_ci; SELECT concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name) FROM Contributor WHERE ia.First_Name = 'André Van'; -- WHERE REPLACE(concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name),' ','#') = REPLACE('André Van Ryckeghem',' ','#'); -- WHERE ia.First_Name = 'André Van'; -- WHERE concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name) LIKE 'André Van Ryckeghem' COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci; -- WHERE concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name) = CONVERT('André Van Ryckeghem' USING latin1); -- WHERE ia.Last_Name = 'Ryckeghem'; -- WHERE concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name,ia.Last_Name) = 'André van Ryckeghem'; -- WHERE ia.Last_Name = 'Ryckeghem'; -- -- WHERE concat_ws(' ',ia.First_Name),ia.Last_Name) = CONVERT('André Van Ryckeghem' USING utf8); -- SELECT * -- FROM `Person` -- WHERE `first_name` LIKE CONVERT( _utf8 'André' -- USING latin1 ) -- COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci -- LIMIT 0 , 30