mysql_character_set_name

const char *mysql_character_set_name(MYSQL *mysql)

mysql_character_set_name returns the default character set for the current connection.

#include <stdio.h> /* including standard library */ 
#include <mysql/mysql.h>
 
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;
}

  Login correct
  default character latin1