Since v2.6.0

Returns character set name string for current database.

Syntax:

function GetDatabaseCharacterset(): String;

Description:

GetDatabaseCharacterset() method returns character set name as it have been reported by server. For example: cp1251.

This method returns 'character_set' server variable's value for MySQL earlier than 4.1.1 and 'character_set_database' server variable's value for MySQL greater than 4.1.1

Please read this FAQ section if you want to use Unicode strings in your application: How to use Unicode data in my application?