Implicit Numeric-to-Character Conversion - 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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If a numeric argument in an SQL string function is implicitly converted to a CHAR or VARCHAR character type, and the format of the numeric argument includes any of the following formatting characters, the server character set of the character type is UNICODE:

  • G
  • F
  • O
  • A
  • D
  • L
  • U
  • I
  • C
  • N

For all other formats, the server character set is LATIN.

Numeric items cannot be converted to CLOB types or GRAPHIC characters.