Specifies the character set used for the default, identifier, and literal character sets for the module. Also specifies the character string parameters that are not qualified by a character set or national character set. If you do not specify a character set, the default is DEC_MCS. You must ensure that the character set specified in this clause matches the character set of all the databases attached to by any particular connection and must contain ASCII characters. See the Oracle Rdb SQL Reference Manual for a list of the allowable character sets.