{"record":{"id":"afbd51dd96939bda","repo":"sqlmapproject/sqlmap","slug":"unknown-encoding-s-please-visit-s-to-get-th","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"unknown encoding '%s'. Please visit '%s' to get the full list of supported encodings","messagePattern":"unknown encoding '(.+?)'\\. Please visit '(.+?)' to get the full list of supported encodings","errorType":"validation","errorClass":"SqlmapSyntaxException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"lib/core/option.py","lineNumber":3106,"sourceCode":"\n    if isinstance(conf.uCols, six.string_types):\n        if not conf.uCols.isdigit() and (\"-\" not in conf.uCols or len(conf.uCols.split(\"-\")) != 2):\n            errMsg = \"value for option '--union-cols' must be a range with hyphon \"\n            errMsg += \"(e.g. 1-10) or integer value (e.g. 5)\"\n            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)\n\n    if conf.dbmsCred and ':' not in conf.dbmsCred:\n        errMsg = \"value for option '--dbms-cred' must be in \"\n        errMsg += \"format <username>:<password> (e.g. \\\"root:pass\\\")\"\n        raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)\n\n    if conf.encoding:\n        _ = checkCharEncoding(conf.encoding, False)\n        if _ is None:\n            errMsg = \"unknown encoding '%s'. Please visit \" % conf.encoding\n            errMsg += \"'%s' to get the full list of \" % CODECS_LIST_PAGE\n            errMsg += \"supported encodings\"\n            raise SqlmapSyntaxException(errMsg)\n        else:\n            conf.encoding = _\n\n    if conf.fileWrite and not os.path.isfile(conf.fileWrite):\n        errMsg = \"file '%s' does not exist\" % os.path.abspath(conf.fileWrite)\n        raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)\n\n    if conf.loadCookies and not os.path.exists(conf.loadCookies):\n        errMsg = \"cookies file '%s' does not exist\" % os.path.abspath(conf.loadCookies)\n        raise SqlmapFilePathException(errMsg)\n\ndef initOptions(inputOptions=AttribDict(), overrideOptions=False):\n    _setConfAttributes()\n    _setKnowledgeBaseAttributes()\n    _mergeOptions(inputOptions, overrideOptions)\n\ndef init():\n    \"\"\"","sourceCodeStart":3088,"sourceCodeEnd":3124,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/sqlmapproject/sqlmap/blob/0a35b20e3953d341be6c7ac75ccb0b3362540c8d/lib/core/option.py#L3088-L3124","documentation":"Error \"unknown encoding '%s'. Please visit '%s' to get the full list of supported encodings\" thrown in sqlmapproject/sqlmap.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at lib/core/option.py:3106 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"}