Compresses the specified Unicode character data into the following possible values using a proprietary Teradata algorithm:
- Partial byte values (for example, 4-bit digits or 5-bit alphabetic letters)
- One byte values (for example, other Latin characters)
- Two byte values (for example, other Unicode characters)
ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
Syntax
[TD_SYSFNLIB.] CAMSET ( Unicode_string )
This function takes no arguments when used as part of the COMPRESS USING or DECOMPRESS USING phrases.
Syntax Elements
- TD_SYSFNLIB.
- Name of the database where the function is located.
- Unicode_string
- A Unicode character string or string expression.