mysql_get_character_set_info() - mysql/mysql.h

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

Syntax

void mysql_get_character_set_info(MYSQL *mysql,
        MY_CHARSET_INFO *cs)

Example

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);
}

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