SessionMode - 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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2026-03-26
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Defines the Teradata system default transaction mode, case sensitivity, and character truncation rule for a session.

Field Group

General

Valid Settings

The setting… Defaults SQL sessions to…
0 Vantage transaction semantics, case insensitive data, and no error reporting on truncation of character data.
1 ANSI transaction semantics, case sensitive data, and error reporting on truncation of character data.

Default

0. The default can be overridden at the user or session level (at logon).

Changes Take Effect

After the next database restart.