mysql_set_character_set(3) MariaDB Connector/C mysql_set_character_set(3)

mysql_set_character_set - Sets the default character set for connection

#include <mysql.h>
int mysql_set_character_set(MYSQL * mysql,
                            const char * csname);

Sets the default [data-types-character-sets-and-collations()](character set]] for the current connection. Returns zero on success, non-zero on failure.

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mysql - a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by mysql_init() (mysql_init) or mysql_real_connect(3).
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csname - character set name ### Notes
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It’s strongly recommended to use mysql_set_character_set() instead of SET NAMES ... since mysql_real_escape_string(3) might fail or deliver unexpected results.

Zero on success, non zero if an error occured

The client library supports the following character sets:

Character set Description
armscii8 8 bit character set for Armenian
ascii US ASCII character set
big5 2 byte character set for traditional Chinese, Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan
binary 8 bit binary character set
cp1250 Windows code page 1250 character set
cp1251 Windows code page 1251 character set
cp1256 Windows code page 1256 character set
cp1257 Windows code page 1257 character set
cp850 MS-DOS Codepage 850 (Western Europe)
cp852 MS-DOS Codepage 852 (Middle Europe)
cp866 MS-DOS Codepage 866 (Russian)
cp932 Microsoft Codepage 932 (Extension to sjis)
dec8 DEC West European
eucjpms UJIS for Windows Japanese
euckr EUC KR-Korean
gb2312 GB-2312 simplified Chinese
gbk GBK simplified Chinese
geostd8 GEOSTD8 Georgian
greek ISO 8859-7 Greek
hebrew ISO 8859-8 Hebrew
hp8 HP West European
keybcs2 DOS Kamenicky Czech-Slovak
koi8r KOI8-R Relcom Russian
koi8u KOI8-U Ukrainian
latin1 CP1252 Western European
latin2 ISO 8859-2 Central Europe
latin5 ISO 8859-9 Turkish
latin7 ISO 8859-13 Baltic
macce MAC Central European
macroman MAC Western European
sjis SJIS for Windows Japanese
swe7 7-bit Swedish
tis620 TIS620 Thai
ucs2 UCS-2 Unicode
ujis EUC-JP Japanese
utf8 UTF-8 Unicode
utf16 UTF-16 Unicode
utf32 UTF-32 Unicode
utf8mb4 UTF 4-byte Unicode

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mysql_get_character_set_info(3)
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mysql_real_escape_string(3)
Version 3.3.1