# 22. Virtuoso Functions Guide - current_charset

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## current_charset

Get name of current charset.
current_charset ();
Description

This function returns the "preferred" name of the current charset as a string.

It returns value which is set in the INI file or those which is set with 'SET CHARSET=..' call. This cannot be used to return charset for the current HTTP connection in the VSP or VSPX context.

Parameters

None.

Return Types

A string containing the name.

Errors

None signalled.

Examples
Get name of current charset

    SQL> select current_charset();
    callret
    VARCHAR
    _______________________________________________________________________________
    ISO-8859-1

See Also

charset_define(), charset_recode(), charsets_list()