SET_BODY_CHARSET Procedure

This procedure sets the default character set of the body of all future HTTP requests when the media type is text and the character set is not specified in the Content-Type header. Following the HTTP protocol standard specification, if the media type of a request or a response is text, but the character set information is missing in the Content-Type header, the character set of the request or response body should default to ISO-8859-1. A response created for a request inherits the default body character set of the request instead of the body character set of the current session.

The default body character set is ISO-8859-1 in a database user session. The default body character set setting affects only future requests and has no effect on existing requests.

After a request is created, the body character set can be changed by using the other set_body_charset procedure that operates on a request.

Syntax

UTL_HTTP.set_body_charset (

charset  IN VARCHAR2 DEFAULT NULL);

Parameters

Table 78-15 shows the parameters for the SET_BODY_CHARSET procedure.

Table 78-15 SET_BODY_CHARSET Procedure Parameters

Parameter	Description
charset (IN)	The default character set of the request body. The character set can be in Oracle or Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) naming convention. If charset is NULL, the database character set is assumed.