Recommended Character Set Is UTF-8 - Aster Client

Teradata Aster® Client Guide

Product
Aster Client
Release Number
7.00
Published
May 2017
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2018-04-13
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For all tools that you use to connect to databases in Aster, you will typically want to set the default character set to UTF-8. This is particularly important if you plan to use special characters (for example, German letters ä and ß) in a char, varchar, or text column, and it is particularly important if you are connecting from a Windows-based machine.

For example, if you will use an SSH client (for example, putty) to run ACT or ncluster_loader, make sure you set the SSH client’s default character set to UTF-8.