17.20 - Activating a Client Character Set - Analytics Database - Teradata Vantage

After loading the needed character sets into the DBC.CharTranslationsV view, you must activate the character set.

1. Set the InstallFlag column to Y for the character set you want to activate. The limit is 16 active character sets.

   UPDATE DBC.CharTranslationsV SET InstallFlag=’Y’ WHERE CharSetId =  custom_characterset_id;

   or

   UPDATE DBC.CharTranslationsV SET InstallFlag=’Y’ WHERE CharSetName = ‘custom_characterset_name’;

2. Perform a full restart of the database, using the tpareset utility. For usage information, see tpareset in Teradata Vantage™ - Database Utilities, B035-1102.