Example: Setting a Session to Use the EBCDIC Collation Sequence - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples

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Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
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17.20
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June 2022
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If the same session from Example: Effect of the ASCII Collation Sequence on SQL Report Output is then set to EBCDIC collation as follows.

     SET SESSION COLLATION EBCDIC; 

The same SQL request produces the following report, sorting job_id in the ascending order defined for EBCDIC.

     EmpNo       JobId
     ------    --------
     10004      ENG-000
     10016      ENG-0002
     10004      ENG-0003
     10003      OE1-0001
     10001      PAY-0002
     10201      1001-AP2
     10201      1032-AR3
     10201      1031-AR2