Changes the collation sequence for the current session.
The collation sequence determines the ordering of data characters during comparison operations and when sorting data in response to a SELECT query that includes an ORDER BY or WITH ... BY clause.
You can use the HELP SESSION request to find out the collation that is in effect.
ANSI Compliance
This statement is a Teradata extension to the ANSI SQL:2011 standard.
Although SET SESSION COLLATION is technically a DCL statement, Vantage treats it as a DDL statement for transaction semantics.
Required Privileges
None.