Key Features
Key Changes in Product Behavior
Improvements introduced with this version of ODBC Driver for Teradata include the following:
- Now supported on AIX 7.2
- Now supported on Apple OSX 10.11
- Performance improvement when querying column and procedure information
Features introduced with this version of ODBC Driver for Teradata include the following:
- Support for row size up to 1MB and Maximum Response Buffer Size up to 16MB
- Added support for Windows Session character sets supported in past DBS releases
- Allow support for multiple driver instances from 16.00 onward:
- The new driver name is Teradata Database ODBC Driver 16.00 This change in driver name will affect applications that have old driver name Teradata hardcoded in their connection strings
- Starting with 16.00, the driver will no longer automatically migrate DSNs during installation. DSNs for older versions of the driver will not be converted to 16.00 DSNs.
- Support round-trip Unicode character pass-through
Key Changes in System Behavior
| Key Change | Description |
|---|---|
| ODBC-16876 | The new lightweight parser transforms the ODBC Scalar functions within the ODBC Escape Sequence syntax to the Teradata Database specific functions. The ODBC Escape Sequence for calling a scalar function is: {fn scalar-function} The new lightweight parser ignores ODBC scalar functions outside of the ODBC escape sequence (i.e. scalar-function vs. {fn scalar-function} ) and the query is passed as is to the Teradata Database. The query executes successfully if the Teradata Database supports the ODBC scalar function; otherwise the query produces an error. Please refer to Teradata Database Functions, Operators, Expressions and Predicates user guide for the list of the Teradata Database supported scalar functions. |
Deprecated/Removed Features
There are no deprecated/removed features for this release.