How FORMAT Applies to Server Character Sets - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Lake

Deployment
VantageCloud
Edition
Lake
Product
Teradata Vantage
Published
January 2023
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2024-04-03
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The following table shows how FORMAT 'X(n)' applies to server character sets.

Character Set What FORMAT 'X(n)' Returns
LATIN

GRAPHIC

UNICODE

n logical characters.
KANJI1

KANJISJIS

n bytes.

The character string in a FORMAT clause cannot be of type KANJI1. The form FORMAT_Kanji1 'hex_digits'XC generates an error.