IQCHARSET Environment Variable

IQCHARSET sets the default character set.

Charset is a character set name. For example, setting IQCHARSET=cp1252 sets the default character set to cp1252.

The first of the following values set determines the default character set.

  • IQCHARSET environment variable

  • Query the operating system

If no character set information is specified, use iso_1 for UNIX, or cp850 otherwise.

Setting

IQCHARSET=charset
Parent topic: Environment Variables