Implicit Numeric-to-Character Conversion - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Data Types and Literals

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.10
Published
July 2021
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2021-07-27
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Product Category
Teradata Vantageā„¢

If a numeric argument in an SQL string function is implicitly converted to a CHAR or VARCHAR character type, and the format of the numeric argument includes any of the following formatting characters, the server character set of the character type is UNICODE:

  • G
  • F
  • O
  • A
  • D
  • L
  • U
  • I
  • C
  • N

For all other formats, the server character set is LATIN.

Numeric items cannot be converted to CLOB types or GRAPHIC characters.