UTF16 Client Character Set Support | Teradata Vantage - UTF16 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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en-US
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2025-08-28
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latest
Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

The UTF16 client character set is permanently enabled for use in Database Engine 20.

The Teradata UTF16 client character set supports UTF16, one of the standard ways of encoding Unicode character data, based on the UnicodeĀ® standard. Each UTF16 character requires exactly 16 bits.