CHange Code Page

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CHCP
Pronunciation
/ʧeɪnʤ koʊd peɪʤ/
Category
Computing
Related Field
DOS Commands

Examples in Context

  1. Once the database is created, the only way to change a database code page is to drop and re-create the database with a new code page.
  2. An innocuous change to code or markup can wreak havoc, and enhancing the page can require the combined effort of a designer and a programmer.
  3. Once a database is created with a given code page, you cannot change it unless you export the data, drop the database, recreate the database with the correct code page, and import the data.

Other meanings of CHCP

College of Health Care Professions Academic
Combined heat cooling and power Misc
Cargo Handling Cooperative Program Gov
Chinese Historical and Cultural Project Community
Community Health and Care Partnership (Scotland) Medical
Community Health and Care Partnership Medical
Christian Healing Certification Program Business
Citizens for Healthy Communities Project Community