Setting the Global Export Width - Teradata Vantage - Database Engine 20

International Character Set Support

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Database Engine 20
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
20.00
Published
June 2025
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You can use the DBS Control utility to set field 23, the Export Width Table ID field, to define the default export width definition the system uses when returning a result set to a client.

Export Width Table ID DBSControl Setting Description
Expected Defaults
(default setting) 0 Provides reasonable default widths for the character data type and client form of use.
Compatibility Default 1 Enables Unicode data to be processed by applications that written to process Latin or KANJI1 data.
Maximum Default 2 Provides maximum default width of the character data type and client form of use.

Also see the next topic, Export Width Rules, and “Export Width Table ID” in Database Utilities, B035-1102.