[Mysqlcppapi-main] how to change charset?

[Artem K. <art...@gm...>]

I can see with
   mysqlcppapi::Connection conn;
   ...
   conn.get_options().charset_name;
that client charset is "latin1", but how can I change it?

Is there a way to invoke the
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-set-character-set.html
using the mysqlcppapi Connection?

Thanks.