Teradata Byte-to-Byte Conversion Syntax | Teradata Vantage - Teradata Byte-to-Byte Conversion Syntax - Teradata Vantage - Analytics Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Deployment
VantageCloud
VantageCore
Edition
VMware
Enterprise
IntelliFlex
Product
Analytics Database
Teradata Vantage
Release Number
17.20
Published
June 2022
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2025-11-06
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Product Category
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ANSI Compliance

This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.

Syntax

byte_expression (
  {
    byte_data_type [, data_attribute [,...] ] |
    data_attribute [,...] [, byte_data_type [, data_attribute [,...] ] ]
  }
)

Syntax Elements

byte_expression

An expression in byte format to be cast to a different data definition.

byte_data_type

The new byte type to which byte_expression is to be converted.

data_attribute
One of the following data attributes:
  • FORMAT
  • NAMED
  • TITLE