DefaultCaseSpec - Teradata Vantage - Database Engine 20

Database Utilities

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Database Engine 20
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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Teradata Vantageā„¢

Determines whether the default behavior for character string comparisons is to consider the case of characters when the transaction semantics are set to Teradata session mode. Also determines whether character column data is treated as case specific by default in Teradata session mode.

In ANSI session mode this field has no effect. Character comparisons consider character case, and character columns are treated as case specific by default in ANSI session mode.

Field Group

General

Valid Settings

Setting Description
TRUE In Teradata session mode, character data is treated as case specific by default. Character string comparisons take into account character case differences.
FALSE In Teradata session mode, character data is treated as not case specific by default. Character string comparisons do not take into account character case differences.

Default

FALSE

Changes Take Effect

After the next database restart.

Related Information

For more information on the CASESPECIFIC character data type attribute, see Data Types and Literals, B035-1143.