SET CHARSET { character_set_name | :character_set_name_variable }
Syntax Elements
- character_set_name
- The character set to be used in translating data between the client and the database.
- :character_set_name_variable
- A host variable that contains the name of the character set to be used in translating data between the client and the database.
- Use of the colon character is required.
- For information on UTF-8 and UTF-16 character sets and specific UTF-8 and UFT-16 programming considerations or about :character_set_name_variable, see Teradata® Preprocessor2 for Embedded SQL Programmer Guide, B035-2446.