Oracle 5.0 Reference Manual page 463

occurs. For systems on which multi-byte file names are permitted, a different value may
be more appropriate. For example, if the system represents file names using UTF-8, set
character_set_filesystem
•
character_set_results
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The character set used for returning query results such as result sets or error messages to the client.
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character_set_server
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The server's default character set.
•
character_set_system
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The character set used by the server for storing identifiers. The value is always utf8.
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character_sets_dir
Command-Line Format
Option-File Format
Option Sets Variable
Variable Name
Variable Scope
Dynamic Variable
The directory where character sets are installed.
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collation_connection
Server System Variables
[442] to 'utf8'. This variable was added in MySQL 5.0.19.
[443]
character_set_results
Global, Session
Yes
Permitted Values
Type
string
[443]
--character-set-server
character-set-server
Yes,
character_set_server
character_set_server
Global, Session
Yes
Permitted Values
Type
string
[443]
character_set_system
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
string
[443]
--character-sets-dir=path
character-sets-dir=path
Yes,
character_sets_dir
character-sets-dir
Global
No
Permitted Values
Type
directory name
[443]
443
[443]
[443]