Character String Assignment and GRAPHIC Columns - Teradata Vantage

Teradata® VantageCloud Lake
Deployment
VantageCloud
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Lake
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Teradata Vantage
Published
January 2023
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The following table describes the behavior of character strings assigned to GRAPHIC and non-GRAPHIC columns.

You cannot import non-GRAPHIC data into character columns typed as GRAPHIC, nor can you import GRAPHIC data into character columns that are not typed as GRAPHIC.

Column Type to Which USING Assigns Character String USING String Type
GRAPHIC
  • GRAPHIC(n)
  • VARGRAPHIC(n)
  • CHARACTER(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC
  • VARCHAR(n) CHARACTER SET GRAPHIC
LATIN

UNICODE

KANJISJIS

KANJI1
  • CHARACTER(n)
  • VARCHAR(n)