DEFAULT_ISQL_ENCODING option [DBISQL]

Function

Specifies the code page that should be used by READ and OUTPUT statements.

Allowed values

identifier or string

Default

Use system code page (empty string)

Scope

Can only be set as a temporary option, for the duration of the current connection.

Description

DEFAULT_ISQL_ENCODING option is used to specify the code page to use when reading or writing files. It cannot be set permanently. The default code page is the default code page for the platform you are running on. On English Windows machines, the default code page is 1252.

Interactive SQL determines the code page that is used for a particular OUTPUT or READ statement as follows, where code page values occurring earlier in the list take precedence over those occurring later in the list:

For a list of supported code pages, see “Supported and alternate collations” in SQL Anywhere Server – Database Administration > Configuring Your Database > International languages and character sets > Character set and collation reference information.

Example

Set the encoding to UTF-16 (for reading Unicode files):

SET TEMPORARY OPTION DEFAULT_ISQL_ENCODING = 'UTF-16'

See also

READ statement [DBISQL] and OUTPUT statement [DBISQL]

“Overview of character sets, encodings, and collations” in SQL Anywhere Server – Database Administration > Configuring Your Database > International languages and character sets > Understanding character sets