====== mysql_character_set_name ====== const char *mysql_character_set_name(MYSQL *mysql) ==== description of mysql_character_set_name ==== mysql_character_set_name returns the default character set for the current connection. #include /* including standard library */ #include MYSQL *my; int main( void ){ char host[20]; char user[20]; char pass[20]; my = mysql_init(NULL); sprintf(host,"localhost"); sprintf(user,"username"); sprintf(pass,"password"); if (my == NULL ) { printf("Cant initalisize MySQL\n"); return 1; } if( mysql_real_connect (my,host,user,pass,NULL,0,NULL,0) == NULL) { printf("Error cant login\n"); } else { printf("Login correct\n"); } printf("default character %s\n", mysql_character_set_name(my) ); mysql_close(my); return 0; } ===== output of mysql_character_set_name c example ===== Login correct default character latin1