UPPERCASE Option and Character Parameter Definition in USING - Teradata Database - Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine

SQL Data Manipulation Language

Product
Teradata Database
Teradata Vantage NewSQL Engine
Release Number
16.20
Published
March 2019
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2019-05-03
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

When you specify UPPERCASE for a character parameter in a USING request modifier, it applies only to the single-byte characters of any mixed single-byte-multibyte character set.

To ensure uniform formatting as uppercase, do one of the following:
  • Define the column with the UPPERCASE attribute in CREATE TABLE or ALTER TABLE (see “ALTER TABLE” and “CREATE TABLE” in Teradata Vantage™ SQL Data Definition Language Syntax and Examples, B035-1144 and Teradata Vantage™ Data Types and Literals, B035-1143 for details).
  • Use the UPPER function to convert the lowercase characters to uppercase (see Teradata Vantage™ SQL Functions, Expressions, and Predicates, B035-1145).

See Character Data Import Process.