# CHARACTER\_SETS

This view stores information about available character sets.

| Column Name            | Description                                                                           |
| ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CHARACTER_SET_NAME`   | The character set name.                                                               |
| `DEFAULT_COLLATE_NAME` | Default collation for a given character set.                                          |
| `DESCRIPTION`          | Description of the character set.                                                     |
| `MAXLEN`               | The maximum number of bytes required to store one character of a given character set. |

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Modified at: August 29, 2022

Source: [/db/v9.1/reference/information-schema-reference/cluster-component/character-sets/](https://docs.singlestore.com/db/v9.1/reference/information-schema-reference/cluster-component/character-sets/)

(An index of the documentation is available at /llms.txt)