Unicode Property (MySqlConnection)

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Gets or sets a value indicating whether the UTF8 charset will be used.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property Unicode As Boolean

public bool Unicode {get; set;}

Property Value

true, if client charset UTF8 is used; false, if default client charset is used. The default value is false.

Remarks

Sets MySQL client charset to UTF8 and converts client data according to this charset.

When a value is assigned to this property, the MySqlConnection is closed.

MySQL server version 4.1 or higher is required to use this option.

Example

The following two functions demonstrate how to use Unicode property to implement charset-safe string transfer.

csharp

public void UploadString(MySqlConnection myConnection)
{
  myConnection.Unicode = true;
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO Test.TextBlocks (BlockID, BlockName, BlockContent) VALUES(1,'First',:BlockText)", myConnection);
  myCommand.Parameters.Add("BlockText",MySqlType.VarChar,50).Value = "Place here some text that requires Unicode support.";
  myConnection.Open();
  try
  {
    Console.WriteLine(myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()+" rows affected.");
  }
  finally
  {
    myConnection.Close();
  }
}                                                                                                                                           

public void DownloadString(MySqlConnection myConnection)
{
  myConnection.Unicode = true;
  MySqlCommand myCommand = new MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.TextBlocks", myConnection);
  myConnection.Open();
  MySqlDataReader myReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default);
  try
  {
    while (myReader.Read())
    {
      string myString = (string)myReader["BlockContent"];
      Console.WriteLine(myString);
    }
  }
  finally
  {
    myReader.Close();
    myConnection.Close();
  }
}

Visual Basic

Public Sub UploadString(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)
  myConnection.Unicode = True
  Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand("INSERT INTO Test.TextBlocks (BlockID, BlockName, BlockContent) VALUES(1,'First',:BlockText)", myConnection)
  myCommand.Parameters.Add("BlockText", MySqlType.VarChar, 50).Value = "Place here some text that requires Unicode support."
  myConnection.Open()
  Try
    Console.WriteLine(String.Concat(myCommand.ExecuteNonQuery(), " rows affected."))
  Finally
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Public Sub DownloadString(ByVal myConnection As MySqlConnection)

  myConnection.Unicode = True
  Dim myCommand As New MySqlCommand("SELECT * FROM Test.TextBlocks", myConnection)
  myConnection.Open()
  Dim myReader As MySqlDataReader = myCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.Default)
  Try
    While myReader.Read()
      Dim myString As String = CType(myReader("BlockContent"), String)
      Console.WriteLine(myString)
    End While
  Finally
    myReader.Close()
    myConnection.Close()
  End Try
End Sub

Reference

MySqlConnection Class
MySqlConnection Members
ConnectionString Property

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