Method __builtin.Sql.Connection()->set_charset()

Method set_charset

void set_charset(string charset)

Description

Changes the charset that the connection uses for queries and returned text strings.

Parameter charset

The charset to use. The valid values and their meanings depends on the database brand. However, the special value "unicode" (if supported) selects a mode where the query and result strings are unencoded (and possibly wide) unicode strings.

Throws

An error is thrown if the connection doesn't support the specified charset, or doesn't support charsets being set this way at all.

Note

See the set_charset functions for each database connection type for further details about the effects on the connection.

See also

get_charset, Sql.mysql.set_charset