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

   Name
       mysql_set_character_set - Sets the default character set for connection

   Synopsis

              #include <mysql.h>

              int mysql_set_character_set(MYSQL * mysql,
                                          const char * csname);


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

   Parameters
       o mysql - a mysql handle, which was previously allocated by
         mysql_init() (mysql_init) or mysql_real_connect(3).

       o csname - character set name ### Notes

       o 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.

   Return value
       Zero on success, non zero if an error occured

   Supported character sets
       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

   See also
       o mysql_get_character_set_info(3)

       o mysql_real_escape_string(3)

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