Add db_set_charset() support for the mssql driver
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
index faa1e26..d3e439d 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php
@@ -298,6 +298,19 @@
// --------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
+ * Set client character set
+ *
+ * @param string $charset
+ * @return bool
+ */
+ protected function _db_set_charset($charset)
+ {
+ return (@ini_set('mssql.charset', $charset) !== FALSE);
+ }
+
+ // --------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ /**
* Version number query string
*
* @return string
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 98a4a42..9ca01d8 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
- Added escaping with *QUOTE_IDENTIFIER* setting detection.
- Added port handling support for UNIX-based systems (MSSQL driver).
- Added *OFFSET* support for SQL Server 2005 and above.
+ - Added ``db_set_charset()`` support (MSSQL driver).
- Improved support of the Oracle (OCI8) driver, including:
- Added DSN string support (Easy Connect and TNS).
- Added support for ``drop_table()`` in :doc:`Database Forge <database/forge>`.