21.8.7.26. mysql_get_character_set_info()

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:

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("character set name: %s\n", cs.name);    printf("collation 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);}