Client Character Set Compatibility by Client Type - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Lake
Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Published
January 2023
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The following table provides general guidelines for choosing client character sets, based on how each set functions on certain client types.

Client Type Recommended Client Character Sets
Mainframe
  • EBCDIC
  
Network connected, running the UNIX® operating system
  • ASCII
  • UTF8
Network connected, running the Windows operating system
  • ASCII
  • UTF8
  • UTF16
  

The following character sets are supported for data stored in the primary cluster:

Client Type Recommended Client Character Sets
Mainframe EBCDIC
Network connected, running the UNIX® operating system
  • ASCII
  • UTF8
  • KANJIEUC_0U
  • LATIN1_0A
  • LATIN9_0A
Network connected, running the Windows operating system
  • ASCII
  • HEBREW1255_5A0
  • KANJISJIS_0S
  • LATIN1250_1A0
  • LATIN1252_0A
  • LATIN1252_3A0
  • SCHINESE936_6R0
  • UTF8
  • UTF16