EBCDIC Client Character Set Support | Teradata Vantage - EBCDIC Client Character Set Support - 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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In the EBCDIC client character set, each byte represents one character. EBCDIC is available for mainframe clients.

The Teradata EBCDIC client character set is suitable for applications that use simple Roman characters, however, accented characters and certain special symbols require an exact match between application and client character set. In such cases it is normally best to use a custom (user-defined) character set. See Site-Defined Client Character Sets

The translation codes for the EBCDIC character set are permanently enabled for use in Database Engine 20.

Teradata also provides support for several commonly used EBCDIC character set variations, which you must enable before using. See Enabling a Client Character Set.

This EBCDIC client character set... Most commonly used in...
EBCDIC037_0E United States and Canada
EBCDIC273_0E Austria and Germany
EBCDIC277_0E Denmark and Norway