_Added in 1.9.0_

*/charset [codepage]*

Sets text encoding used on current server.

/charset with no parameters will show current codepage.

*Parameters*

table(ktable).
|*Parameter*|*Description*|
| [codepage] | The "codepage":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page to set. -1 will use the system default encoding. |

*Example*

<pre>
;Set codepage to UTF-8
/charset 65001

;Set codepage to ISO-8859-11
/charset 28601

;Set codepage to system default
/charset -1
</pre>