Making MULTINATIONAL the Default Collation Sequence - 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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2025-08-28
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You can specify MULTINATIONAL as the default user collation with the CREATE and MODIFY USER statements.

You can also use the SQL SET SESSION COLLATION MULTINATIONAL statement to override any user defaults.