27.7.6.26 mysql_get_character_set_info()
void mysql_get_character_set_info(MYSQL *mysql, MY_CHARSET_INFO *cs)
This function provides information about the default client character set. The default character set may be changed with the mysql_set_character_set()
function.
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);
}