character_set_results

Description

character_set_results specifies the character set to which the server should convert result sets or error messages before sending them back to the client.

Privilege requirements

• Query variables

  • Global level

    sys tenants and all user tenants can execute the SHOW VARIABLES statement or query the SYS.TENANT_VIRTUAL_GLOBAL_VARIABLE view (Oracle mode) or the information_schema.GLOBAL_VARIABLES view (MySQL mode) to obtain the value of a global system variable.

  • Session level

    sys tenants and all user tenants can execute the SHOW VARIABLES statement or query the SYS.TENANT_VIRTUAL_SESSION_VARIABLE view (Oracle mode) or the information_schema.SESSION_VARIABLES view (MySQL mode) to obtain the value of a session system variable.

• Modify variables

  • Global level

    • sys tenants can directly modify the value of a global system variable.

    • MySQL user tenants must have the SUPER or ALTER SYSTEM privilege to modify the value of a global system variable.

    • Oracle user tenants must have the ALTER SYSTEM privilege to modify the value of a global system variable.

  • Session level

    sys tenants and all user tenants can directly modify the value of a session system variable.

Attributes

Examples

Set the character set to which the server should convert result sets or error messages before sending them back to the client to utf8mb4.

• Global level

  obclient> SET GLOBAL character_set_results ='utf8mb4';
  

• Session level

  obclient> SET character_set_results ='utf8mb4';