How to easily convert utf8 tables to utf8mb4 in MySQL 5.5

convert_utf8_to_utf8mb4

# For each database:
ALTER DATABASE database_name CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE = utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
# For each table:
ALTER TABLE table_name CONVERT TO CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
# For each column:
ALTER TABLE table_name CHANGE column_name column_name VARCHAR(191) CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
# (Don’t blindly copy-paste this! The exact statement depends on the column type, maximum length, and other properties. The above line is just an example for a `VARCHAR` column.)

Something like that will be for by-column conversion:

select CONCAT('ALTER TABLE `', TABLE_SCHEMA, '.', TABLE_NAME,'` CHANGE ',COLUMN_NAME,' ', COLUMN_NAME, ' ', DATA_TYPE,'(',CHARACTER_MAXIMUM_LENGTH,') CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;') as column_alter from COLUMNS WHERE DATA_TYPE = 'varchar' AND TABLE_SCHEMA = '<YOUR_DATABASE>'

@3manuek If I convert the table, will it convert all the columns as well to utf8mb4?