Using MVC with CHARACTER or VARCHAR Data Type - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.05
17.00
Published
June 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-01-22
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

When you specify a constant for a CHARACTER or VARCHAR data type without the UPPERCASE option, a data value must match the case of the constant to be compressed.

For example, if a column named Doc_Type is defined as follows:

Doc_Type CHARACTER(6) COMPRESS 'Manual'

then each value must be entered as ' Manual ' in order to be compressed. A value in a different case, such as ' MANUAL ' or ' manual,' is not compressed.