Character String Assignment and GRAPHIC Columns - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
VMware
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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The following table describes the behavior of character strings assigned to GRAPHIC and non-GRAPHIC columns.

You cannot import non-GRAPHIC data into character columns typed as GRAPHIC, nor can you import GRAPHIC data into character columns that are not typed as GRAPHIC.

IF USING describes a character string for assignment to a column of this type … THEN it must describe the USING string as this type …
GRAPHIC
  • GRAPHIC(n)
  • VARGRAPHIC(n)
  • CHARACTER(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC
  • VARCHAR(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC
LATIN

UNICODE

KANJISJIS

KANJI1

  • CHARACTER(n)
  • VARCHAR(n)