UPPERCASE Option and Character Parameter Definition in USING - 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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Teradata Vantage™

When you specify UPPERCASE for a character parameter in a USING request modifier, it applies only to the single-byte characters of any mixed single-byte-multibyte character set.

To ensure uniform formatting as uppercase, do one of the following:
  • Define the column with the UPPERCASE attribute in CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE (for details, see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144 and Teradata Vantage™ - Data Types and Literals, B035-1143).
  • Use the UPPER function to convert the lowercase characters to uppercase (see Teradata Vantage™ - SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates, B035-1145).

See Character Data Import Process.