Argument Type and Rules - Advanced SQL Engine - Teradata Database

SQL Operators and User-Defined Functions

Product
Advanced SQL Engine
Teradata Database
Release Number
17.00
Published
September 2020
Language
English (United States)
Last Update
2023-04-27
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Product Category
Teradata Vantage™

Expressions passed to this function must have a data type of VARCHAR(n) CHARACTER SET UNICODE, where the maximum supported size (n) is 32000. You can also pass arguments with data types that can be converted to VARCHAR(32000) CHARACTER SET UNICODE using the implicit data type conversion rules that apply to UDFs. For example, CAMSET(CHAR) is allowed because it can be implicitly converted to CAMSET(VARCHAR).

The UDF implicit type conversion rules are more restrictive than the implicit type conversion rules normally used by Teradata Database. If an argument cannot be converted to VARCHAR following the UDF implicit conversion rules, it must be explicitly cast.

The input to this function must be Unicode character data.

If you specify NULL as input, the function returns NULL.