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5.4.28 mysql_get_character_set_info()

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void mysql_get_character_set_info(MYSQL *mysql, MY_CHARSET_INFO *cs)

Description

This function provides information about the default client character set. The default character set may be changed with the mysql_set_character_set() function.

Example

This example shows the fields that are available in the MY_CHARSET_INFO structure:

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if (!mysql_set_character_set(&mysql, "utf8")) { MY_CHARSET_INFO cs; mysql_get_character_set_info(&mysql, &cs); printf("character set information:\n"); printf("character set+collation number: %d\n", cs.number); printf("collation name: %s\n", cs.name); printf("character set name: %s\n", cs.csname); printf("comment: %s\n", cs.comment); printf("directory: %s\n", cs.dir); printf("multi byte character min. length: %d\n", cs.mbminlen); printf("multi byte character max. length: %d\n", cs.mbmaxlen); }