SET CHARSET Syntax - Teradata VantageCloud Lake

Lake - Working with SQL

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VantageCloud
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Lake
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Teradata VantageCloud Lake
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Published
February 2025
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2025-11-21
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SET CHARSET { character_set_name | :character_set_name_variable }

Syntax Elements

character_set_name
The character set to be used in translating data between the client and the database.
:character_set_name_variable
A host variable that contains the name of the character set to be used in translating data between the client and the database.
Use of the colon character is required.
For information on UTF-8 and UTF-16 character sets and specific UTF-8 and UFT-16 programming considerations or about :character_set_name_variable, see Teradata® Preprocessor2 for Embedded SQL Programmer Guide, B035-2446.