Character Symbols - Teradata Database

Symbol

Encoding

Meaning

a–z

A–Z

0–9

Any

Any single byte Latin letter or digit.

a–z

A–Z

0–9

Any

Any fullwidth Latin letter or digit.

<

KanjiEBCDIC

Shift Out [SO] (0x0E).

Indicates transition from single to multibyte character in KanjiEBCDIC.

>

KanjiEBCDIC

Shift In [SI] (0x0F).

Indicates transition from multibyte to single byte KanjiEBCDIC.

T

Any

Any multibyte character.

The encoding depends on the current character set.

For KanjiEUC, code set 3 characters are always preceded by “ss₃”.

I

Any

Any single byte Hankaku Katakana character.

In KanjiEUC, it must be preceded by “ss₂”, forming an individual multibyte character.

Δ

Any

Represents the graphic pad character.

Δ

Any

Represents a single or multibyte pad character, depending on context.

ss₂

KanjiEUC

Represents the EUC code set 2 introducer (0x8E).

ss ₃

KanjiEUC

Represents the EUC code set 3 introducer (0x8F).