{"record":{"id":"22559dda42731e3d","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"option-charset-is-not-supported-on-s","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"option '--charset' is not supported on '%s'","messagePattern":"option '--charset' is not supported on '(.+?)'","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SqlmapUnsupportedFeatureException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/techniques/blind/inference.py","lineNumber":943,"sourceCode":"                                        errMsg = \"unable to properly validate last character value ('%s')..\" % decodeIntToUnicode(retVal)\n                                        logger.error(errMsg)\n                                        conf.timeSec = kb.originalTimeDelay\n                                        return decodeIntToUnicode(retVal)\n                                else:\n                                    if timeBasedCompare:\n                                        threadData.validationRun += 1\n                                        if kb.adjustTimeDelay is ADJUST_TIME_DELAY.NO and threadData.validationRun > VALID_TIME_CHARS_RUN_THRESHOLD:\n                                            dbgMsg = \"turning back on time auto-adjustment mechanism\"\n                                            logger.debug(dbgMsg)\n                                            kb.adjustTimeDelay = ADJUST_TIME_DELAY.YES\n\n                                    return decodeIntToUnicode(retVal)\n                            else:\n                                return None\n            else:\n                if \"'%s'\" % CHAR_INFERENCE_MARK in payload and conf.charset:\n                    errMsg = \"option '--charset' is not supported on '%s'\" % Backend.getIdentifiedDbms()\n                    raise SqlmapUnsupportedFeatureException(errMsg)\n\n                candidates = list(originalTbl)\n                bit = 0\n                while len(candidates) > 1:\n                    bits = {}\n                    maxCandidate = max(candidates)\n                    maxBits = maxCandidate.bit_length() if maxCandidate > 0 else 1\n\n                    for candidate in candidates:\n                        for bit in xrange(maxBits):\n                            bits.setdefault(bit, 0)\n                            if candidate & (1 << bit):\n                                bits[bit] += 1\n                            else:\n                                bits[bit] -= 1\n\n                    choice = sorted(bits.items(), key=lambda _: abs(_[1]))[0][0]\n                    mask = 1 << choice","sourceCodeStart":925,"sourceCodeEnd":961,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/techniques/blind/inference.py#L925-L961","documentation":"Error \"option '--charset' is not supported on '%s'\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/techniques/blind/inference.py:943 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d","analyzedAt":"2026-08-26T23:02:52.002Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-08-27T03:17:27.898Z"}