Native LOB Support Option - ODBC Driver for Teradata

ODBC Driver for Teradata User Guide

Product
ODBC Driver for Teradata
Release Number
16.10
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-07-11
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Product Category
Teradata Tools and Utilities
This option has been deprecated. For details, see ODBC Scalar Functions Outside Escape Sequences (deprecated in 14.10).

The following table lists the UseNativeLOB support options.

This option allows existing applications to behave unchanged even if they use the ODBC LONG data types and are running on Teradata Database with native LOB support.

UseNativeLOB Support Option 
Option Description
UseNativeLOBSupport=[Yes|No] Default = Yes

The setting of this option impacts data type mapping that takes place internally in the ODBC driver.

The following sections explain the different mappings.