CLIENT_ENCODING

CLIENT_ENCODING returns a VARCHAR value representing the character set encoding of the client system.

Syntax

CLIENT_ENCODING()

Notes

• Vertica supports the UTF-8 character set.
• CLIENT_ENCODING returns the same value as the vsql meta-command \encoding and variable ENCODING

  The current client character set encoding.

  Specifies the client character set encoding. With no argument, this command shows the current encoding.

Examples

> SELECT CLIENT_ENCODING();

client_encoding

-----------------

UTF-8

(1 row)