| title | Charset Property (ADO) | Microsoft Docs | |
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| ms.prod | sql | |
| ms.prod_service | connectivity | |
| ms.technology | connectivity | |
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| ms.date | 01/19/2017 | |
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| ms.topic | conceptual | |
| apitype | COM | |
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| ms.assetid | e42507cb-9b46-4ce4-8191-2948eaf14ca2 | |
| author | MightyPen | |
| ms.author | genemi |
Indicates the character set into which the contents of a text Stream should be translated for storage in the internal buffer of the Stream object.
Sets or returns a String value that specifies the character set into which the contents of the Stream will be translated. The default value is Unicode. Allowed values are typical strings passed over the interface as Internet character set names (for example, "iso-8859-1", "Windows-1252", and so on). For a list of the character set names that are known by a system, see the subkeys of HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Charset in the Windows Registry.
In a text Stream object, text data is stored in the character set specified by the Charset property. The default is Unicode. The Charset property is used for converting data going into the Stream or coming out of the Stream. For example, if the Stream contains ISO-8859-1 data and that data is copied to a BSTR, the Stream object will convert the data to Unicode. The reverse is also true.
For an open Stream, the current Position must be at the beginning of the Stream (0) to be able to set Charset.
Charset is used only with text Stream objects (Type is adTypeText). This property is ignored if Type is adTypeBinary.
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