Example: HELP SESSION with Unicode Pass Through Set - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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HELP SESSION output includes the Unicode Pass Through attribute setting:
Setting Unicode Pass Through
S On for the session
F Off for the session.

The following output shows that Unicode Pass Through is on for the session.

The output is abbreviated.

HELP SESSION;

Result:

 *** Help information returned. One row.
 *** Total elapsed time was 1 second.

                       User Name  DBC
                    Account Name  DBC
                      Logon Date  16/07/07
                      Logon Time  16:01:51
                Current DataBase  DBC
                       Collation  ASCII
                   Character Set  ASCII
           Transaction Semantics  Teradata
                Current DateForm  IntegerDate
               Session Time Zone  -07:00
          Default Character Type  LATIN
                    Export Latin  1
                  Export Unicode  1
           Export Unicode Adjust  0
                Export KanjiSJIS  1
                  Export Graphic  0
             Default Date Format  YYYY/MM/DD

                         ...  

                       Zone Name
                 SearchUIFDBPath  ?
           Transaction QueryBand  ?
               Session QueryBand  ?
               Profile QueryBand  ?
            Unicode Pass Through  S